Fighting for Britain African Soldiers in the Second World War

Name: Fighting for Britain African Soldiers in the Second World War
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ISBN: 9781847010476

ISBN-10: 1847010474

ISBN-13: 9781847010476

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Killingray, Martin Plaut

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During the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaigns in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, Italy and Burma - the largest single movement of African men overseas since the slave trade. This account, based mainly on oral evidence and soldiers' letters, tells the story of the African experience of the war. It is a 'history from below' that describes how men were recruited for a war about which most knew very little. Army life exposed them to a range of new and startling experiences: new foods and forms of discipline, uniforms, machines and rifles, notions of industrial time, travel overseas, new languages…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Publication date: 4/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 301
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Martin Plaut is a Journalist who has served for several years as an international correspondent of the BBC World Service Radio, covering contemporary affairs on the Horn of Africa sub region. His articles, essays and reports have been published in various international journals and news mediums including the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE).