Author: Great Britain. Board of Trade
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Statistical Abstract for the British Commonwealth, for Each of the Ten Years 1936 to 1945 (Trade and Commerce Section). Sixty-ninth Number
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Board of Trade. Statistical Abstract for the British Commonwealth for Each of the Ten Years 1936 to 1945. (Trade and Commerce Section) Sixty-ninth Number
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Statistical Abstract for the British Commonwealth, Etc., 69th No., for Each of the Ten Years 1936 to 1945. (Trade & Commerce Section).
Author: Great Britain. Board of Trade
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Languages : en
Pages : 237
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Pages : 237
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Statistical Abstract for the British Commonwealth for Each of the Ten Years, 1936 to 1945
Author: Great Britain. Board of Trade. Statistics Division
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Languages : en
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Statistical Abstract for the British Commonwealth for Each of the Ten Years 1936 to 1945
Author: Great Britain. Board of Trade
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 237
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 237
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Statistical Abstract for the British Commonwealth
Author: Great Britain. Board of Trade
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Statistical Abstract for the British Empire
Author: Great Britain. Board of Trade
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
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Statistical Abstract for the British Empire for Each of the Ten Years 1929 to 1938. (Trade and Commerce Section). Sixty-eighth Number
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Statistical Abstract for the British Commonwealth
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Britain's War Machine
Author: David Edgerton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199832676
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests, and in command of a global production system. Rather than belittled by a Nazi behemoth, Britain arguably had the world's most advanced mechanized forces. It had not only a great empire, but allies large and small.Edgerton shows that Britain fought on many fronts and its many home fronts kept it exceptionally well supplied with weapons, food and oil, allowing it to mobilize to an extraordinary extent. It created and deployed a vast empire of machines, from the humble tramp steamer to the battleship, from the rifle to the tank, made in colossal factories the world over. Scientists and engineers invented new weapons, encouraged by a government and prime minister enthusiastic about the latest technologies. The British, indeed Churchillian, vision of war and modernity was challenged by repeated defeat at the hands of less well-equipped enemies. Yet the end result was a vindication of this vision. Like the United States, a powerful Britain won a cheap victory, while others paid a great price.Putting resources, machines and experts at the heart of a global rather than merely imperial story, Britain's War Machine demolishes timeworn myths about wartime Britain and gives us a groundbreaking and often unsettling picture of a great power in action.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199832676
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests, and in command of a global production system. Rather than belittled by a Nazi behemoth, Britain arguably had the world's most advanced mechanized forces. It had not only a great empire, but allies large and small.Edgerton shows that Britain fought on many fronts and its many home fronts kept it exceptionally well supplied with weapons, food and oil, allowing it to mobilize to an extraordinary extent. It created and deployed a vast empire of machines, from the humble tramp steamer to the battleship, from the rifle to the tank, made in colossal factories the world over. Scientists and engineers invented new weapons, encouraged by a government and prime minister enthusiastic about the latest technologies. The British, indeed Churchillian, vision of war and modernity was challenged by repeated defeat at the hands of less well-equipped enemies. Yet the end result was a vindication of this vision. Like the United States, a powerful Britain won a cheap victory, while others paid a great price.Putting resources, machines and experts at the heart of a global rather than merely imperial story, Britain's War Machine demolishes timeworn myths about wartime Britain and gives us a groundbreaking and often unsettling picture of a great power in action.