The Imperial Army Project: Britain and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945

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Douglas E. Delaney (Professor of History, Royal Military College of Canada)

The Imperial Army Project

Britain and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945

Douglas E. Delaney (Professor of History, Royal Military College of Canada)

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Oxford University Press
28 December 2017

History; British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Colonialism & imperialism; Military history; Land forces & warfare

How did the British Army manage to integrate or work with the 2.6 million troops that India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa raised during the First World War, and how did they do it again with 3.9 million Indian and dominion soldiers during the Second World War? There was an enduring and evolving plan -- an imperial army project -- to make the land forces of the empire into standardized pieces that could be multiplied, expanded, and joined together in time of war. It started with efforts to fix the British Army in the wake of its disappointing performance during the South African War (1899-1903) and lasted until the end of the Second World War (1939-1945). Britain needed the manpower and the military resources of its empire during the two world wars. The Imperial Army Project explains how it got them -- despite the growing autonomy of the dominions and India.

By: Douglas E. Delaney (Professor of History Royal Military College of Canada)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 734g
ISBN: 9780198704461
ISBN 10: 0198704461
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 28 December 2017
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Douglas E. Delaney holds the Canada Research Chair in War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. He is the author of The Soldiers' General: Bert Hoffmeister at War (2005), which won the 2007 C.P. Stacey Prize for Canadian Military History, and Corps Commanders: Five British and Canadian Generals at War, 1939-1945 (2011). He is also co-editor of Capturing Hill 70: Canada's Forgotten Battle of the First World War (2016) and Turning Point 1917: The British Empire at War (2017). Professor Delaney is a retired lieutenant-colonel who served with the First and Third Battalions, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and the Canadian Airborne Regiment.