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Author:

O'Hara, Vincent P., 1951-

Title:

In passage perilous : Malta and the convoy battles of June 1942 / Vincent P. O'Hara.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xv, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Malta--History--Siege, 1940-1943.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Malta.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Sea.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British.
Naval convoys--Mediterranean Sea--History--20th century.
Great Britain.--Royal Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.

Contents:

The vital sea -- Malta and the Mediterranean war to 1942 -- The Mediterranean war January to May 1942 -- Global snapshot, June 1942 -- Operation Vigorous -- Operation Harpoon -- The Battle of Pantelleria -- The August convoy -- Torch to the end of the war.

Series:

Twentieth-century battles

ISBN:

0253006058 (electronic book)
9780253006059 (electronic book)
0253006031 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253006035 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)752072615

LCCN:

2012015993

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)