Machine generated contents note: Chapter One: The Fall of France and the British West African Colonies --I Introduction -- II A Summer of Uncertainty -- III The Lines Harden: Oran and Its Aftermath -- IV The War Office Takes Over -- V De Gaulle, the AEF, and the AOF: Win One, Lose One -- VI Invasion Scares: Perceiving the Threat -- VII The Gold Coast Regiment before World War II -- VIII The Build-up to War --Chapter Two: The Takoradi Ferry and Defense on the Home Front --I Beginnings of the West African Reinforcement Route -- II The West African Reinforcement Route: Fully Operational -- III The West African Reinforcement Route: Enter the United States -- IV New Blood: The Expansion of the Gold Coast Regiment -- V The Home Guard -- VI Invasion and Counter-invasion: Fears --Chapter Three: The Special Operations Executive in West Africa: -- The Franck Mission --I Economic Warfare and the Special Operations Executive -- II Eyes on West Africa --III The Franck Mission and WAGON -- IV The Franck Mission: The Gold Coast Section -- V The Free French --Chapter Four: With Friends Like Thesethe SOE, the SIS, and the Army --I From the Franck Mission to Frawest -- II Intelligence Gathering in the Gold Coast -- III West Africa's Little War: Giffard and the SIS -- vs Governors' Conference and the SOE -- IV Exit Wingate -- V Enter Lumby --Chapter Five: The Special Operations Executive at Work in the Gold Coast --I A Window on Wenchi -- II Free French Operations -- III Smuggling -- IV To Fraternize or not to Fraternize --Chapter Six: Propaganda: The Home Front and Beyond --I Spreading the Word: Wartime Broadcasting in the Gold Coast -- II Information Bureaus and Cinema Vans -- III Propaganda, the Free French, and the SOE -- IV Whispering in the Dark -- V Vichy Propaganda -- VI The Spitfires Fund -- VII The Impact of the Propaganda Machine --Chapter Seven: The Crossing of the Gyaman: Triumph or Embarrassment? --I One People, Two Colonies: The Gyaman of C6te d'Ivoire and Gold Coast -- II The Gyaman under Vichy -- III The Crossings of the Gyaman -- IV Meanwhile, Back in the C6te d'Ivoire -- V The Return of the Gyaman --Chapter Eight: The Beginning of the End: The War Moves On --I Operation Torch: The AOF Deserts Vichy -- II The Fate of Frawest -- III The Fate of the Soldiers and Airmen -- Chapter Nine: Possible Futures --I Fantasies of War -- II A First What-If: The SOE Triumphant -- III A Second What-If: The Takoradi Ferry Disrupted -- IV A Third What-If: Boisson between Axis and Allies -- V A Fourth What-If: Dakar Falls to Free France in September 1940.