In Passage Perilous Malta and the Convoy Battles of June 1942

Name: In Passage Perilous Malta and the Convoy Battles of June 1942
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ISBN: 9780253006035

ISBN-10: 0253006031

ISBN-13: 9780253006035

Edition: 2012

Authors: Vincent P. O'Hara, Ted Zuber, Vincent P. O'Hara, Ted Zuber

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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 complex battle lasting more than a week, Italian and German forces defeated Operation Vigorous, the larger eastern effort, and ravaged the western convoy, Operation Harpoon, in a series of air, submarine, and surface attacks culminating in the Battle of Pantelleria. Just two of seventeen merchant ships that set out for Malta reached their destination. In Passage Perilous includes a detailed…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/5/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Vincent P. O'Hara is a naval historian and the author of five books including The Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean 1940-1945 (2009). O'Hara's work appears in periodicals and annuals including Warship, MHQ, and Storia Militare.



List of Tables


List of Maps


Preface


Acknowledgments



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


Conclusion


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index