Strangling the Axis

Name: Strangling the Axis
Author: Richard Hammond

The Fight for Control of the Mediterranean during the Second World War

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Gebonden, 290 blz. | Engels

Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2020

ISBN13: 9781108478212

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Hoofdrubriek : Geschiedenis

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This is a major reassessment of the causes of Allied victory in the Second World War in the Mediterranean region. Drawing on a unique range of multinational source material, Richard Hammond demonstrates how the Allies' ability to gain control of the key routes across the sea and sink large quantities of enemy shipping denied the Axis forces in North Africa crucial supplies and proved vital to securing ultimate victory there. Furthermore, the sheer scale of attrition to Axis shipping outstripped their industrial capacity to compensate, leading to the collapse of the Axis position across key territories maintained by seaborne supply, such as Sardinia, Corsica and the Aegean islands. As such, Hammond demonstrates how the anti-shipping campaign in the Mediterranean was the fulcrum about which strategy in the theatre pivoted, and the vital enabling factor ultimately leading to Allied victory in the region.

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ISBN13:9781108478212

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:gebonden

Aantal pagina's:290

Uitgever:Cambridge University Press

Verschijningsdatum:25-6-2020

Hoofdrubriek:Geschiedenis

Serie:Cambridge Military Histories

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Introduction; 1. The descent to war in the Mediterranean; 2. Resisting Mare Nostrum: the early anti-shipping; 3. Enter Germany: January–July 1941; 4. Progress: August–December 1941; 5. Axis ascendency, January–August 1942; 6. The end of the beginning, Alam Halfa and El Alamein; 7. The end in North Africa and the shipping; 8. After North Africa; Conclusion.