Mountbatten: Apprentice War Lord

ISBN-13: 9781350294776 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 400 str.

Adrian Smith

Spis treści

Preface Part One Dickie Mountbatten, consul, courtier, charmer and chancer 1.Introduction 2.Lord Louis Mountbatten - royal parvenue? Part Two Mountbatten at war, 1914-1939 3. The First World War and the 1920s 4. Fast-tracking in 1930s Part Three Mountbatten at war, Flotilla Captain 1939-41 5. HMS 'Kelly', 1939-1940 6. HMS 'Kelly' 1941 Part Four Mountbatten at war, Chief of Combined Operations 1941-43 7. From Adviser to Chief of Combined Operations 1941-2 8. The Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942 9. Dieppe - the aftermath, the inquest and the debate 10. 'The steel hand from sea' - Combined Operations at its zenith Conclusion