Volunteers and Pressed Men: How Britain and Its Empire Raised Its Forces in Two World Wars

by Roger Broad

The great heroic myth of 20th century British history is that after the fall of France in June 1940 Britain 'stood alone'. This does a great disservice to the millions of men and women from around the world who rallied to the British cause. As in 1914-18 Britain in 1939-45 could call on the human and material resources of the world's greatest empire, and without them could not have held off Germany and Italy, and later Japan. In the First World War...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781553963
• ISBN13: 9781781553961
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Fonthill Media
• Length: 224 Pages