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And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in World War II (1988). ISBN 978-0-3404-2637-1; Hamilton, Nigel. Monty: The Making of a General: 1887–1942 (1981); Master of the Battlefield: Monty's War Years 1942–1944 (1984); Monty: The Field-Marshal 1944–1976 (1986). Thompson, Julian. The Imperial War Museum Book of the War in Burma 1942 ...
History of the Second World War (104 volumes), Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1949 to 1993; Official History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945 (22 volumes), Australian Government Printing Service, 1952 to 1977; Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol I Six Years of War, Stacey, C P., Queen's Printer ...
History of the Second World War (104 volumes), Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1949 to 1993; Official History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945 (22 volumes), Australian Government Printing Service, 1952 to 1977; Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol I Six Years of War, Stacey, C P., Queen's Printer ...
And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War. London: Cassell Military. ISBN 978-0-304-35233-3. Gibbs, N. H. (1976). Grand Strategy. History of the Second World War. Vol. I. London: HMSO. ISBN 978-0-116-30181-9 – via Archive Foundation. Gould, Robert W.; Proud, Edward B. (1983). History of the British Army Postal Service ...
The Mediterranean and Middle East: The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. IV. London: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84574-068-9. Pringle, D.A. (1997). "Airborne Forces in India in World War II". The Military Historical Society. 48 (Bulletin Issue 189): 24– 29.
The size of the British Army peaked in June 1945, at 2.9 million men. By the end of the Second World War some three million people had served. [13] [7] In 1944, the United Kingdom was facing severe manpower shortages. By May 1944, it was estimated that the British Army's strength in December 1944 would be 100,000 less than it was at the end of ...
At the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world. It had 20 battleships and battlecruisers ready for service or under construction, twelve aircraft carriers, over 90 light and heavy cruisers, 70 submarines, over 100 destroyers as well as numerous escort ships, minelayers, minesweepers and 232 aircraft.
The History of the Second World War is the official history of the British contribution to the Second World War and was published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO). ). The immense project was sub-divided into areas to ease publication, United Kingdom Military Series, the United Kingdom Civil Series for the civilian war effort; the Foreign Policy series, the Intelligence series and the ...