Britain, the Middle East, and the "Northern Front", 1941-1942

• Autores: Nicholas Tamkin
• Localización: War in history, ISSN-e 1477-0385, ISSN 0968-3445, Vol. 15, Nº. 3, 2008, págs. 314-336
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article explores British plans for the defence of the `Northern Front' of the Middle Eastern theatre of war - Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran - in the event of a German defeat of the Soviet Union in 1941-42. It demonstrates that, despite a traditional emphasis on the war in Libya and Egypt, the Northern Front mattered enormously to the British. Rather than undertaking to defend their ally Turkey against a German invasion, the British instead relied on Turkey to `defend us' while British armed forces prepared a fighting defence of the Middle East proper.