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This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a critical contest, as sea-lanes provided the logistical arteries for British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Land forces ultimately won World War II, but the battles at sea fundamentally altered the balance of military power on the ground.

"This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War's major belligerents, including colonies, "lesser" powers, and neutral nation states. National Perspectives on the Global Second World War is an essential contribution to the study of the Second World War and will be of particular interest to scholars of imperial and colonial history, military history, and global history"--

Success or defeat in the Second World War turned less on winning or losing battles than on winning or losing campaigns. This volume reassesses the importance of seven major campaigns for the outcome of the war. The authors examine a wide range of factors which influence success or failure including strategic planning, logistics, combat performance, command and military intelligence. This book represents a novel contribution to the study of the Second World War.

"Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War explores the background, role and conduct of the commanding officers of Australian infantry battalions during the Second World War. Battalion commanding officers were the lynchpins of the battlefield uniting the senior officers who planned with the soldiers who fought but they have received scant attention in contemporary military history. It is the first time that the experience of these men has been studied in detail. The stories of soldiers have been told in many places, as have those of generals, but not the unit commanders in between. Garth Pratten writes the commanding officers back into history to provide a fresh understanding of the nature of the Australian battlefield experience in the Second World War. Utilising extensive and original archival research, Pratten insightfully charts the development of Australia's infantry commanding officers from part-time, ill-prepared amateurs, to seasoned veterans who, although still not professional soldiers, deserved the title of professional men of war. It is a story of improvisation, adaptation, and evolution; of an army learning from hard-won experience to integrate men and technology to overcome both its enemies and the environment it fought in. Most of all, it is a story of men confronting the timeless challenges of military leadership: mastering their own fear and discomfort in order to motivate and inspire their men to endure the maelstrom of battle."--Provided by publisher

"The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by analysing Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War"--

Intro -- Title page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Queer life in Europe during the Second World War -- Socio-sexual context during the Second World War -- European homosexuals during the war -- Homosexuals and the law -- Homosexuals serving in the armed forces during the war -- Homosexuals after the war -- References -- Chapter 2. Punishing homosexual men and women under the Third Reich -- The banishment of homosexuals, 1933-40 -- Repression and internment in the Nazi camps -- The situation of lesbians -- Sachsenhausen, a model concentration camp -- Homosexuals in the labour kommandos -- The army, police and homosexuality -- The post-war period -- References -- Chapter 3. The Anschluss -Also a sexual annexation? The situation of homosexual men and lesbian women in Austria under Nazi rule -- State of research and sources -- The Austrian law, its historical background and interpretation by the Supreme Court -- Nazi policy on homosexuality -- Reforms of the Austrian jurisdiction -- Statistical analysis of court proceedings -- References -- Chapter 4. Legal imbroglio in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia -- Legislative duality in the Protectorate -- Homosexuality and deportation -- Lifestyle changes in homosexual communities during the war -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5. Being homosexual in. Alsace and Moselle during the de facto annexation from 1940 to 1945 -- Forms of repression of homosexuals in the annexed territory -- The life of homosexuals in annexed Alsace -- References -- Chapter 6. Homosexuals and the labour service system in Horthy's Hungary -- Homosexuality in Hungary in the interwar period -- Horthy's labour service system -- References -- Chapter 7. Fascism, war and male homosexuality -- References -- Chapter 8. Sweden - Subtle control and growing homophobia -- Previous research.

The British system of interrogation has always been distinctly different from other countries. Subtler, quieter and far more devious than its contemporaries, it has been admired by those who have inadvertently succumbed to it. So much so that the Nazis adopted some of the British methods in their own intelligence operations. During the Second World War the system became highly developed and vast numbers of people were employed in the collating and recovery of information. Vital data about military advance such as the Enigma machine and the Tiger Tank were wrung from prisoners not by force but