The British Commonwealth and Victory in the Second World War - Iain E. Johnston-White

This book is the first comprehensive study of the
British Commonwealth in the Second World War. Britain and its Dominions,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, formed the most durable,
cooperative and interchangeable alliance of the war. Iain E. Johnston-White looks in
depth at how the Commonwealth war effort was financed, the training of airmen
for the air war, the problems of seaborne supply and the battles fought in
North Africa. Fully one third of the 'British' effort originated in the
Dominions, a contribution that was only possible through the symbiotic
relationship that Britain maintained with its former settler-colonies. This
cooperation was based upon a mutual self-interest that was largely maintained
throughout the war. In this book, Johnston-White offers a fundamental reorientation
in our understanding of British grand strategy in the Second World War.