Struggle for the Middle Sea
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The strategic importance of the Mediterranean was at the centre of Naval and wider military thinking on the part of both Allied and Axis powers throughout the Second World War. It witnessed a huge variety of actions and operations, which included carrier strikes, convoy attacks, coastal actions, amphibious assaults and bitter submarine campaigns. Despite such immense significance, however, most recent literature concerned directly with the Mediterranean war has been sparse and incomplete. This book is a fresh study of the conflict, analysing the respective actions and performances of each of the five major naval powers involved in the Mediterranean - Britain, Italy, France, the USA and Germany. This takes place within the broader framework of a chronological, operational narrative of the entire campaign and further, examines the national imperatives that dictated much of the action. The book is the product of extensive research drawn from Italian and French as well as British, US and German sources, and it contains numerous lessons concerning littoral warfare and use of the sea.
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Published: 21/09/2009
Length: 360pages
Illustration note: 32 photographs and maps
ISBN: 9781844861026
Dimensions: 156 x 234
