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From mid-June 1940, following the rapid German invasions and occupations of Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the British Commonwealth was the main opponent of Germany and the Axis, until the entry into the war of the Soviet Union in June 1941.
The empire was crucial for Britain in the Second World War. The resources, money, and manpower it provided helped propel the Allies to victory in 1945. Yet just a few years later the Empire was falling apart.
5 Ιουν 2015 · Between 1939 and 1945, this empire experienced three types of armed conflict, world war, civil war and contested decolonization. Much of this was unanticipated by the empire's rulers before the calamitous French defeat of June 1940.
The map below gives an idea of the number of soldiers who signed up to fight for Britain from several British Empire countries. Most of these troops were in the army, but some fought in the...
Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath. On the morning of 8 December 1941 (still 7 December in Hawaii), Japan launched simultaneous attacks against American and British forces across the Pacific, bombing the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor and invading Malaya, Thailand, Guam, the Philippines and the Chinese concessions.
Historical Map of East Asia and the Western Pacific (18 April 1944 - Burma Offensives: Allied momentum in the Pacific was not matched in Burma, where a British attempt at reconquest had been beaten back in early 1943.
Britain's War In East Asia During The Second World War In 1941, Britain was an imperial power with colonies across south and south-east Asia. In December 1941, Japan attacked British territories in Hong Kong, Malaya (now Malaysia), Singapore and Burma (now also known as Myanmar).
