HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST. [Set of Nine Volumes:] Volume I. The Early Successes Against Italy (to May 1941). Volume II. The Germans Come to the Help of their Ally (1941). Volume III. British Fortunes Reach Their Lowest Ebb (September 1941 to September 1942). Volume IV. The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa. Volume V. The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and The Campaign in Italy, 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944. (In Two Volumes). Volume VI. Victory in the Mediterranean. Part I. 1st April to 4th June 1944. Part II. June to October 1944. Part III. November 1944 to May 1945.

PLAYFAIR, Major-General I.S.O. With: STITT, Commander G.M.S.; MOLONY, Brigadier C.J.C.; TOOMER, Air Vice-Marshall S.E. JACKSON, General Sir William. With: GLEAVE, Group Captain T.P. DAVIES, Major-General H.L.

ISBN 10: 1845740653 / ISBN 13: 9781845740658

Edité par Uckfield: The Naval and Military Press, 2004., 2016

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Complete set of six volumes in nine, 8vo., pp.xxv,506;xiv,392;xviii,482;xviii,556;xix,581; 583-921;xi,520;xiv,537;xii,492, paperback, b/w maps and illustrations; slight marking to top edges of Volume VI (three volumes), a fresh and otherwise fine set.

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• Titre: HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST. [Set of Nine Volumes:] Volume I. The Early Successes Against Italy (to May 1941). Volume II. The Germans Come to the Help of their Ally (1941). Volume III. British Fortunes Reach Their Lowest Ebb (September 1941 to September 1942). Volume IV. The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa. Volume V. The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and The Campaign in Italy, 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944. (In Two Volumes). Volume VI. Victory ...
• Éditeur: Uckfield: The Naval and Military Press, 2004.
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1845740653
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781845740658
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • HISTORY
  • Military History

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The first of eight volumes in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War covering 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 Genertal 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. The text is accompanied by ten appendices, 30 maps and diagrams and 43 photographs.