Operation Pedestal : : the Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
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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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: xxxiii, 428 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062980151
0062980157
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Brown, Martin (Cartographer),
SUBJECTS
Operation Pedestal, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mediterranean Sea.
Malta -- History -- Siege, 1940-1943.