第二次世界大战中空中轰炸的威胁,拉各斯,1938-1943

Oliver Coates
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第二次世界大战期间对西非城市空袭的幽灵仍然是第二次世界大战历史中未被探索的一个方面。本文将特别关注拉各斯的空袭计划,认为空中轰炸的可能性不仅暴露了殖民政府的无能和官员对1940年代拉各斯住房和就业的有限理解,而且还暴露了保护非洲人生命的措施不足。相反,空袭威胁促使非洲人批评有限的政府供应,并对这一新的致命威胁提出自己的解释。尽管人们担心的空袭从未成为现实,但空袭引发的危机和焦虑让人们对战时的尼日利亚、当地民防的参与以及非洲对第二次世界大战的反应有了重要的了解。
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The Threat of Aerial Bombing in World War Two Lagos, 1938–1943
The spectre of air bombing attacks on West African cities during World War Two remains an unexplored dimension of World War Two history. Lagos had long been perceived as vulnerable to attack from neighbouring Dahomey (Benin), and the Fall of France in June 1940 intensified these threats, while increasing anxiety concerning potential Axis raids. Focusing on air-raid planning in Lagos particularly, this article will argue that the possibility of aerial bombing exposed not simply the incapacity of the colonial government and officials’ limited understanding of housing and employment in 1940s Lagos, but also the inadequacy of measures to protect African lives. Conversely, the air-raid threat motivated Africans to critique limited government provision and propose their own interpretations of this new and deadly threat. Although the feared aerial raids never materialised, the crisis and anxiety they provoked yield significant insights into wartime Nigeria, local participation in civil defence, and African responses to World War Two more generally.
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