Forgotten Allies

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Sources Consulted     
Introduction      xvii

Part One: The Lion Awakes

1. Lion, Lioness, and Cubs     
The Lion     
Cubs     
The Lioness     
2. First Moves     
The War at Sea     
Intermission     
Hitler Advances to the Arctic     
3. New Allies–Spring 1940     
The War in France     
Free Norway     
The Fall of France     
4. Britain Alone?     
Refugee Warriors     
A Friend in Need     
5. The Battle of Britain and the Contribution of the Forgotten Allies     
The Few     

Part Two: Side Shows

6. The Beginning of the French Civil War     
7. The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire–1940-1941     
The Greek Fiasco     
African Fiasco     
8. Big Brother Steps In–North Africa, Spring 1941     
9. The Warm Seas Campaign–1940-1941     
10. The Battle of the Atlantic–1940-1941     
11. For the Glory of France–July 1940 to February 1941     

Part Three: New Allies: New Enemies

12. Anzacs in the Aegean-Spring 1941     
13. The Middle East Wars-April to August 1941     
Iraq     
Syria     
Iran     
14. A Score of Nations-June to December 1941     
The New War in Europe     
The Old War in Africa     

Part Four: A Whole New Ballgame

15. Japan First?     
16. Africa: A Repeat Performance     
17. The War in the Indian Ocean: Madagascar     
18. Monty’s Multi-National Army     
19. America Enters the French Civil War     
20. Hidden Flank: The Fezzan Campaign     
21. The War in the Sea–1940 to 1942     
22. The War in the Clouds–1940 to 1942     
23. Special Forces–1940 to 1942     

Part Five: On the Winning Side

24. Tunisia     
25. Sicily: Occupation or Liberation?     
26. The Italian Civil War     
27. The Crawl Across ltaly–September to December 1943     
28. Cassino     
29. The Race for Rome     
30. The Terror Below the Waves–1943     
31. The Terror Above the Waves–1943     
32. The Sea: Prelude to the Great Invasions–January to June 1944     
33. With the Greatest of Ease: The Allied Air Forces in Britain–January 1943 to June 1944     
34.The Remainder of Europe     
Denmark: Ally or Enemy?     
Crusade in the East     
The Neutrals     
35. Waiting in the Wings