Our war: how the British Commonwealth fought the Second World War. Christopher Somerville. 2005.

Veteran voices from the Commonwealth tell how the Second World War changed their lives irretrievably and blew the British empire apart.

Many of the veterans whom Christopher Somerville interviewed had never before spoken of their war experiences, even to their closest loved ones. They cover  such topics as attitudes to Britain before and after the war, why Commonwealth citizens offered to fight, and how some volunteers were inspired by their wartime services while others were thoroughly disillusioned. The result is a faithful and unique memoir to the five million Commonwealth citizens who fought for the Allies and the 170,000 who died or went missing.