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03038aam a2200493 i 4500 001 E471789E166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191204010031 008 190308s2019 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019011248 020 $a 1682474607 020 $a 9781682474600 035 $a (OCoLC)1096214202 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d YDX $d APL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a mm----- 050 00 $a D763.M3 $b O385 2019 082 00 $a 940.54/5091822 $2 23 100 1 $a O'Hara, Vincent P., $d 1951- $e author. 245 10 $a Six victories : $b North Africa, Malta, and the Mediterranean convoy war, November 1941-March 1942 / $c Vincent P. O'Hara. 264 1 $a Annapolis, Maryland : $b Naval Institute Press, $c [2019] 300 $a ix, 322 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-309) and index. 520 $a "Six Victories relates one of the most interesting and instructive naval campaigns of World War II: the Mediterranean war on traffic in the fall and winter of 1941-42. It is a cautionary tale of how sea power was practiced, and how it shifted 180 degrees overnight. The book is based on British and Italian archival sources. It emphasizes strategic context, the role of intelligence, and the campaign's logistics." $c --Provied by publisher. 505 0 $a Introduction: Victory has a hundred fathers -- Sea power and the Mediterranean, 1940-41 -- Communication, intelligence, logistics -- Force K arrives, October 1941 -- The Crusader Offensive, November-December 1941 -- Italy's misery mounts -- Sudden victories -- Intermezzo: a world war -- January 1942 -- February 1942 -- Sirte preliminaries -- Second Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942 -- After the battle -- Conclusion: Six victories -- Appendix 1. Ships sunk and damaged -- Appendix 2. Alexandria convoys. 611 07 $a Sirte, 2nd Battle of (1942) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01119726 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Mediterranean Region. 650 0 $a Sirte, 2nd Battle of, 1942. 650 0 $a Naval convoys $z Mediterranean Sea $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations. 650 7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 650 7 $a Military operations, Naval. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710244 650 7 $a Naval convoys. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01034983 651 7 $a Mediterranean Region. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239752 651 7 $a Mediterranean Sea. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239753 651 7 $a Mediterranean Sea $z Gulf of Sidra. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01335358 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a O'Hara, Vincent P., 1951- author. $t Six victories $d Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2019] $z 9781682474761 $w (DLC) 2019017475 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204014550.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E471789E166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search