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The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean: Vol.I: September 1939 – October 1940
Author(s): David Brown (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: February 27, 2002
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 264 pages
- ISBN-10: 0714651796
- ISBN-13: 9780714651798
Book Description
This volume deals with the first 15 months of the Mediterranean Campaign including the preparations for war, the effect of the entry of Italy into the war in June, 1940, the tragic actions against the French Fleet, and the achievement of British command of the sea, which was the defining factor for all subsequent Mediterranean operations. It ends with the first Mediterranean convoy battle to run supplies from Gibraltar to Alexandria – Operation Hat.
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Brown, David
