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In passage perilous [[electronic resource] ] : Malta and the convoy battles of June 1942 / / Vincent P. O'Hara



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Autore: O'Hara Vincent P. <1951-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: In passage perilous [[electronic resource] ] : Malta and the convoy battles of June 1942 / / Vincent P. O'Hara Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina: 940.54/5091822
Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Malta
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Mediterranean Sea
World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, British
Naval convoys - Mediterranean Sea - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Malta History Siege, 1940-1943
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: The vital sea -- Malta and the Mediterranean war to 1942 -- The Mediterranean war January to May 1942 -- Global snapshot, June 1942 -- Operation Vigorous -- Operation Harpoon -- The Battle of Pantelleria -- The August convoy -- Torch to the end of the war.
Sommario/riassunto: By mid-1942 the Allies were losing the Mediterranean war: Malta was isolated and its civilian population faced starvation. In June 1942 the British Royal Navy made a stupendous effort to break the Axis stranglehold. The British dispatched armed convoys from Gibraltar and Egypt toward Malta. In a complex battle lasting more than a week, Italian and German forces defeated Operation Vigorous, the larger eastern effort, and ravaged the western convoy, Operation Harpoon, in a series of air, submarine, and surface attacks culminating in the Battle of Pantelleria. Just two of seventeen merchant sh
Titolo autorizzato: In passage perilous  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-63972-6
0-253-00605-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462506303321
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