Operation Pedestal : the fleet that battled to Malta, 1942

Hastings, Max (author.). Brown, Martin (Cartographer), (cartographer.).

Summary: Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta--an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph against all odds.

Item details

ISBN: 9780062980151
ISBN: 0062980157
Physical Description: print
xxxiii, 428 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 371-402) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Pedestal fleet -- Glossary -- "It would be a disaster of the first magnitude" -- Men and ships -- Sailing -- First blood -- "Stand by to ram" -- The twelfth -- Cruel sea -- Force X -- Scuttling charges -- Retribution -- Blenheim Day -- Ohio -- Grand Harbour -- Appendix: Losses during Operation Pedestal.

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Operation Pedestal, 1942
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Mediterranean Sea
Malta History Siege, 1940-1943
HISTORY / Military / World War II
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General
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Mediterranean Sea

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