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In passage perilous : Malta and the convoy battles of June 1942 /

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 com...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Hara, Vincent P., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Twentieth-century battles
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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