The Mediterranean and the Middle East, Volume I: The Early Successes against Italy (to May 1941) (AF)

Langue : anglais

Edité par HMSO, London, 1954

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Clean, unmarked pages. Minor discolouration at edges of pages. Foxing to front and rear endpapers. Minimal shelf wear. Minimal bumping to head and tail of spine, some black ink from title has rubbed off. Dust wrapper in a protective plastic cover. Spine of wrapper has browned, stain on the rear of the wrapper (appears to be a handprint). Major-General Ian Stanley Ord Playfair served on the Western Front during the First World War, and during the Second World War was the Director of War Plans until 1942 when he joined the general staff in South East Asia. Following his retirement from the British Army in 1947 he wrote a number of military books including his co-authorship of four volumes of the official Mediterranean and the Middle East series. The Early Successes against Italy is the first of eight volumes which cover the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres. After setting the political and military scene, the authors open the action with Italy’s declaration of war and France’s collapse in June 1940. Britain’s painful neutralisation of the French fleet at Oran and Alexandria is followed by the first blows against the Italian empire in East Africa, and Italy’s attacks on Egypt and Greece. The Fleet Air Arm’s triumphant attack on the Italian Fleet at Taranto, masterminded by Admiral Cunningham, is trumped by General Wavell’s even more successful Battle of Sidi Barrani in December, when vast numbers of Italians were captured for negligible British losses. The victory was followed up by Britain’s capture of Bardia and Tobruk, and the founding of the Long Range Desert Group - the germ of the SAS. The mopping-up of General Graziani’s forces in Cyrenaica, however, ominiously resulted in Germany’s decision to rescue their ally with General Rommel’s Afrika Korps. However, the volume concludes optimistically with the successful campaign against Italy in Ethiopia, in which General Orde Wingate’s irregular Gideon Force plays a prominent part. The military narrative is accompanied by descriptions of diplomatic developments and technological innovations such as the arrival of the Hurricane fighter plane, the Matilda tank and radar.…

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Titre
The Mediterranean and the Middle East, Volume I: The Early Successes against Italy (to May 1941) (AF)
Auteur
Major-General I. S. O. Playfair, I.S.O., Stitt, G.M.S., Moloney, C.J.C., Toomer S. E.
Éditeur
HMSO, London
Année de publication
1954
État de l'article
Very Good
Jaquette
Good
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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