By examining Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, this synthesis of imperial and naval/military history reveals the depths of colonial involvement in the Second World War and the role of colonies in British strategic planning from the 18th century. In the century of total war, the British Empire was fully mobilized. The author looks at how the Mauritian home front became regimented, troops were recruited for service overseas, the Eastern fleet guarded the Indian Ocean, and Mauritius became a base for SOE operations and intelligence-gathering for Bletchley.
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Ashley Jackson is a Research Fellow at Mansfield College, University of Oxford.
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The military, naval, and strategic significance of Mauritius and its scattered dependencies has a lengthy pedigree. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
interception service, colonial manpower, imperial war effort, labour corps, defence scheme, imperial garrison, war diary, military labour, imperial outpost, coastal fortifications Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Indian Ocean, Colonial Office, Eastern Fleet, Middle East, Royal Navy, Port Louis, Diego Garcia, Free French, Diego Suarez, East Africa, Pioneer Corps, Second World War, Council of Government, South Africa, Far East, War Office, Edward Twining, Government of Mauritius, Bletchley Park, Eighth Army, First World War, Grand Port, Battalion The Mauritius Regiment, Mauritius Garrison, Suez Canal New!
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The military, naval, and strategic significance of Mauritius and its scattered dependencies has a lengthy pedigree. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
interception service, colonial manpower, imperial war effort, labour corps, defence scheme, imperial garrison, war diary, military labour, imperial outpost, coastal fortifications Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Indian Ocean, Colonial Office, Eastern Fleet, Middle East, Royal Navy, Port Louis, Diego Garcia, Free French, Diego Suarez, East Africa, Pioneer Corps, Second World War, Council of Government, South Africa, Far East, War Office, Edward Twining, Government of Mauritius, Bletchley Park, Eighth Army, First World War, Grand Port, Battalion The Mauritius Regiment, Mauritius Garrison, Suez Canal New!
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