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  2. Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II

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    The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...

  3. List of Commando raids on the Atlantic Wall - Wikipedia

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    Commandos and Rangers of World War II. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0356084329. Ladd, James (1983). SBS, the Invisible Raiders: the History of the Special Boat Squadron from World War Two to the Present. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0458968900. Mackenzie, S.P. (2001). British War Films. London: Hambledon Continuum. ISBN 1852852585.

  4. List of wars involving the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Makers of British Foreign Policy: From Pitt to Thatcher (2002) Ranft, Bryan. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy (Oxford UP, 2002). Rodger, N. A.M. The safeguard of the sea: A naval history of Britain, 660–1649 (Vol. 1. 1998). excerpt. Rodger, N.A.M.The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649–1815 (vol 2 2006 ...

  5. Battle of Britain - Wikipedia

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    A full squadron establishment was 26 pilots, whereas the average in August was 16. In their assessment, the RAF was losing the battle. [228] Denis Richards, in his 1953 contribution to the official British account History of the Second World War, agreed that lack of pilots, especially experienced ones, was the RAF's greatest problem. He states ...

  6. History of the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. British Empire in World War II - Wikipedia

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    From 1923, defence of British colonies and protectorates in East Asia and Southeast Asia was centred on the "Singapore strategy".This made the assumption that Britain could send a fleet to its naval base in Singapore within two or three days of a Japanese attack, while relying on France to provide assistance in Asia via its colony in Indochina and, in the event of war with Italy, to help ...

  8. Operation Ambassador - Wikipedia

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    On 30 June 1940 the Germans landed troops on the Channel Islands.Two days later, the British prime minister, Winston Churchill sent a memo to his chief staff officer, General Hastings Ismay, asking him to begin planning an operation for a raid on the islands as soon as possible and stating that he felt that it would be the type of operations that the newly formed Commandos would be suited for. [3]

  9. Anglo-Soviet Treaty of 1942 - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty followed on from the Anglo-Soviet Agreement of July 1941 that they would assist each other in fighting Germany and not seek a separate peace.. The first meeting to discuss the treaty took place on 15 December 1941, a week after the United States had joined the British Empire and the Soviet Union to oppose the Axis powers.