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

Hammond, Richard

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ISBN 10 : 1108478212 ISBN 13 : 9781108478212

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

This is a major reassessment of the causes of Allied victory in the Second World War in the Mediterranean region. Drawing on a unique range of multinational source material, Richard Hammond demonstrates how the Allies' ability to gain control of the key routes across the sea and sink large quantities of enemy shipping denied the Axis forces in North Africa crucial supplies and proved vital to securing ultimate victory there. Furthermore, the sheer scale of attrition to Axis shipping outstripped their industrial capacity to compensate, leading to the collapse of the Axis position across key territories maintained by seaborne supply, such as Sardinia, Corsica and the Aegean islands. As such, Hammond demonstrates how the anti-shipping campaign in the Mediterranean was the fulcrum about which strategy in the theatre pivoted, and the vital enabling factor ultimately leading to Allied victory in the region.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Richard Hammond is a Lecturer at Brunel University and is Vice-President of the Second World War Research Group. He is the recipient of the Society for Military History's Moncado Prize and the Corbett Prize in Modern Naval History (Proxime Accessit).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108478212
• ISBN 13: 9781108478212
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 290
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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