Strangling the Axis: The Fight for Control of the Mediterranean during the Second World War

ISBN-13: 9781108478212 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 290 str.

Richard Hammond

Opis

This is a major reassessment of the role of the war at sea in Allied victory in the Mediterranean. Richard Hammond demonstrates how the anti-shipping campaign was the fulcrum about which strategy in the theatre pivoted, and the vital enabling factor ultimately leading to Allied victory in the region.

Recenzje

'This is an essential book for military historians, students as well as scholars who are interested in the Second World War. Readers, especially those focusing on the Mediterranean region or on naval warfare, will find Hammond's book highly interesting as it sheds light on many unknown aspects of the British antishipping warfare effort.' Marios Siammas, Journal of Military History and Historiography

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The descent to war in the Mediterranean; 2. Resisting Mare Nostrum: the early anti-shipping; 3. Enter Germany: January–July 1941; 4. Progress: August–December 1941; 5. Axis ascendency, January–August 1942; 6. The end of the beginning, Alam Halfa and El Alamein; 7. The end in North Africa and the shipping; 8. After North Africa; Conclusion.