Front cover image for The Motherland Calls : Britain's Black Servicemen & Women, 1939-45

The Motherland Calls : Britain's Black Servicemen & Women, 1939-45

During the Second World War, black volunteers from across the British Empire enthusiastically joined the armed forces and played their part in fighting Nazi Germany and its allies. In the air, sea and on land, they risked their lives, yet very little attention has been given to the thousands of black British, Caribbean and West African servicemen and women who supported the British war effort from 1939-45. Drawing on the author's expert knowledge of the subject, and many years of original research, The Motherland Calls also includes some rare and previously unpublished photos. Among those reme

eBook, English, 2012
The History Press, Stroud, 2012