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Ceylon at War, 1939-1945

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Ceylon at War, 1939-1945

By Ashley Jackson

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Ceylon became a vital Allied and imperial bastion following the fall of Singapore. Forces were rushed to its defence in the dark days of 1942, because if the Japanese had managed to take the island, the sea lanes of the Indian Ocean, vital to imperial and Allied communications, would have been threatened. Furthermore, as traditional sources were lost to the Japanese, Ceylon became the Allies' main source of rubber, an essential material of war. Ceylon at War explains why the British War Cabinet ...Show more

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ISBN

9781912390656

Publisher

Helion & Company

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Ceylon at War, 1939-1945

Format

Hardcover

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