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The Balkans in World War Two

Britain’s Balkan Dilemma

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Christopher Catherwood

    1. Institute of Continuing Education, and St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK
      School of Continuing Studies and Department of History, Richmond, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Christopher Catherwood
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Spring and Summer of 1939: Britain’s Balkan Dilemma Begins

    • Christopher Catherwood
    Pages 11-57

  4. Autumn 1939

    • Christopher Catherwood
    Pages 58-102

  5. Finland, the Plan to Bomb the Caucasus Oil Fields, and Italy’s Entry into the War

    • Christopher Catherwood
    Pages 103-128

  6. The Cripps Mission and Turco—Soviet Relations, June–November 1940

    • Christopher Catherwood
    Pages 129-149

  7. From the Italian Invasion of Greece to the German Invasion of the Soviet Union

    • Christopher Catherwood
    Pages 150-166

  8. Conclusion

    • Christopher Catherwood
    Pages 167-170

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 171-207
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Between 1939 and 1941 Britain had a terrible dilemma. She was keen to see Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia join the Allies against Nazi Germany. But the 1939 Molotov Ribbentrop Pact had changed everything: the Balkan countries were far more afraid of Stalin than of Hitler. Britain and France were also concerned about the Soviets giving so much oil to Germany: in 1940 Britain almost went to war with the USSR in an attack on the Caucasus. This book looks at how Britain tried to solve these dilemmas and ultimately failed to do so.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Continuing Education, and St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK

    Christopher Catherwood

  • School of Continuing Studies and Department of History, Richmond, UK

    Christopher Catherwood

About the author

CHRISTOPHER CATHERWOOD is an historian and writer, based in Cambridge, England, and Richmond, Virginia. He teaches extramurally for Cambridge University and the University of Richmond. Married to Paulette, an American musicologist, he has written several books, including Why the Nations Rage. Christopher is a former Visiting Scholar of Cambridge University's Centre of International Studies and of the University of Virginia's Institute on Violence and Survival.

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