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Fighting for Britain : African soldiers in the Second World War

Based mainly on oral evidence and soldiers' letters, tells the story of over half-a-million African troops who served with the British Army in campaigns in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, Italy, and Burma. Looks at the impact of army life and travel on the men and their families, and the role of ex-servicemen in post-war nationalist politics

eBook, English, ©2010
James Currey ; Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Rochester, NY, ©2010