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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: O'Hara, Vincent P., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.