By examining Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, this unique 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 eighteenth century. In the century of total war, the British Empire was fully mobilized. 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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Mansfield College, Oxford, UK

Ashley Jackson

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ASHLEY JACKSON is a Research Fellow at Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Botswana 1939-45: An African Country at War and he has written numerous articles on Africa and he Second World War.

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Book Title: War and Empire in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean
Authors: Ashley Jackson
Series Title: Studies in Military and Strategic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403919540
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-96840-6Published: 08 August 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-42850-2Published: 01 January 2001
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-1954-0Published: 08 August 2001
Series ISSN: 2947-2423
Series E-ISSN: 2947-2431
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 241
Topics: African Culture, Military and Defence Studies, History of Military, Asian History, History of World War II and the Holocaust

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