Struggle for the Middle Sea : the great navies at war in the Mediterranean theater, 1940-1945

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Title:

Struggle for the Middle Sea : the great navies at war in the Mediterranean theater, 1940-1945

Author:

O'Hara, Vincent P., 1951-

Personal Author:

O'Hara, Vincent P., 1951-

Publication Information:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2009]

Physical Description:

xviii, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

The eve of war : June 1940 -- The defeat of France -- Italy's parallel war : June and July 1940 -- No quick peace : August-December 1940 -- Enter the Germans : winter 1941 -- The Red Sea : 1940-41 -- A close-run thing : spring 1941 -- France defends the empire -- The convoy war intensifies : summer and fall 1941 -- The Axis resurgent : 1942 -- The Allies resurgent : torch to Tunis -- The Italian armistice -- Germany's War : 1943-45.

Corporate Subject:

Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.

France. Marine -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.

Italy. Regia Marina -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.

Germany. Kriegsmarine -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.

United States. Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Mediterranean Sea.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.

Marine.

Seekrieg.

Weltkrieg (1939-1945).