Six victories : North Africa, Malta, and the Traffic War, November 1941-March 1942 /

"Six Victories relates one of the most interesting and instructive naval campaigns of World War II: the Mediterranean war on traffic in the fall and winter of 1941-42. It is a cautionary tale of how sea power was practiced, and how it shifted 180 degrees overnight. The book is based on British...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: O'Hara, Vincent P., 1951- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2019]
Sujets:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Mediterranean Region.
Sirte, 2nd Battle of, 1942.
Naval convoys > Mediterranean Sea > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations.
WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 > NAVAL OPERATIONS.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations navales.
1900 - 1999.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Naval.
Naval convoys.
Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Sea.
Mediterranean Sea > Gulf of Sidra.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Victory has a hundred fathers
  • Sea power and the Mediterranean, 1940-41
  • Communication, intelligence, logistics
  • Force K arrives, October 1941
  • The Crusader Offensive, November-December 1941
  • Italy's misery mounts
  • Sudden victories
  • Intermezzo: a world war
  • January 1942
  • February 1942
  • Sirte preliminaries
  • Second Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942
  • After the battle
  • Conclusion: Six victories
  • Appendix 1. Ships sunk and damaged
  • Appendix 2. Alexandria convoys.

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