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

• Autore: O'Hara Vincent P. <1951->
• 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
• 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
• ISBN: 9781283639729; 1283639726; 9780253006059; 0253006058
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966257603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Twentieth-Century Battles