HITLER AND THE MIDDLE SEA

Ansel, Walter

ISBN 10: 0822302241 / ISBN 13: 9780822302247

Edité par Durham NC. 1972. Duke Univ. Press, 1972

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green cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. 1cm tear on front bottom, rubbed along the top edge, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing ( same date on title & copyright pg. &NAP). x+514p. 21 glossy b&w photo illustrations. 36 b&w maps. references. index. world war ii. nazi germany. third reich. military history. nautical history. ~ A companion volume to the well~received "Hitler Confronts England", this new book by Admiral Ansel explores German sources unfamiliar to English and American readers in its discussion of Hitler's activities in the Mediterranean, particularly Germany's invasion of Crete. Admiral Ansel had access to German wartime records not generally available to scholars, and he interviewed many of the officers and men who participated in the battles he discusses. Hitler's capture of Crete in 1941 at first seemed to spell doom for Allied efforts in the Mediterranean. But instead of consolidating his gains there, Hitler soon after turned to the invasion of Russia. His failure to concentrate on the possibilities of a Mediterranean strategy helped turn the tide of World War II. This highly readable account of the battle of the Mediterranean is presented against a background of the ever~shifting plans and struggles for power of Hitler himself and the German High Command. A new focus is provided to this particularly fascinating segment of the war. Rear Admiral Walter Ansel, U.S.N. (Ret.), served as Operations Officer of landing attack forces in the invasions of Northwest Africa and Sicily in World War II. During operations against Italy and Southern France, he commanded the U.S.S. Philadelphia. His earlier book, Hitler Confronts England, was called by The Times Literary Supplement "one of the most impressive of all the books that have so far dealt with the Second World War, and a distinguished piece of work without limitation of subject.".

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: HITLER AND THE MIDDLE SEA
• Éditeur: Durham NC. 1972. Duke Univ. Press
• Date de parution: 1972
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0822302241
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780822302247
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • third reich.
  • nazi germany
  • world war ii

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Book by Ansel Walter