WW2 Flashcards
1
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Historiography
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- John Darwin, Singapore marked the end of empire
- Brian Lapping argues that Britain were economically dependent on USA
- R.F. Holland argues that commonwealth and colonies looked away from Britain fro economic and trade support
- David Day’s great betrayal of Australia
2
Q
Economic cost of war
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- 1939 Britain largest exporter of capital
- post-war debts amounted to £3.5billion in 1945
- Britain owed £1billion to India
3
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Primary sources
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- Keynes 1945 ‘financial Dunkirk’
- 1941 Atlantic Charter
- Margery Perham’s Capital Labour and the Colour Bar 1942 following fall of Singapore
- 1944 speech by Lord Halifax (ambassador to Washington)that commonwealth and Empire must be fourth power
- 1944 War Cabinet paper on Malaya proposed Union
4
Q
American anti-imperialism
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-1941 Atlantic charter
5
Q
New colonial policy following WW2
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- Malayan ruber and tin
- Tanganyika ground nut scheme 1946
6
Q
Colonies mobilisation in war
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- 374,000 African soldiers fighting by 1945
- 100,00 people forced labour in Nigerian tin mines
7
Q
Impact of fall of Singapore
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- Japanese take 50,000 prisoners in Malaya, thus damage to prestige
- Accelerates Indian indepednece with failed Cripps mission in 1942
