In Passage Perilous

Malta and the Convoy Battles of June 1942

Nonfiction, History, Military, Naval, World War II
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Author: Vincent P. O'Hara ISBN: 9780253006059
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: November 5, 2012
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Vincent P. O'Hara
ISBN: 9780253006059
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: November 5, 2012
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

An invaluable account of one of the most overlooked sea battles of World War II.

By mid-1942 the Allies were losing the Mediterranean war: Malta was isolated and its civilian population faced starvation. In June 1942 the British Royal Navy made a stupendous effort to break the Axis stranglehold. The British dispatched armed convoys from Gibraltar and Egypt toward Malta. In a complex battle lasting more than a week, Italian and German forces defeated Operation Vigorous, the larger eastern effort, and ravaged the western convoy, Operation Harpoon, in a series of air, submarine, and surface attacks culminating in the Battle of Pantelleria. Just two of seventeen merchant ships that set out for Malta reached their destination. In Passage Perilous presents a detailed description of the operations and assesses the actual impact Malta had on the fight to deny supplies to Rommel’s army in North Africa. The book’s discussion of the battle’s operational aspects highlights the complex relationships between air and naval power and the influence of geography on littoral operations.

“An important and highly recommended addition to the literature on World War II in the Mediterranean.” —IPP Naval Maritime History

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An invaluable account of one of the most overlooked sea battles of World War II.

By mid-1942 the Allies were losing the Mediterranean war: Malta was isolated and its civilian population faced starvation. In June 1942 the British Royal Navy made a stupendous effort to break the Axis stranglehold. The British dispatched armed convoys from Gibraltar and Egypt toward Malta. In a complex battle lasting more than a week, Italian and German forces defeated Operation Vigorous, the larger eastern effort, and ravaged the western convoy, Operation Harpoon, in a series of air, submarine, and surface attacks culminating in the Battle of Pantelleria. Just two of seventeen merchant ships that set out for Malta reached their destination. In Passage Perilous presents a detailed description of the operations and assesses the actual impact Malta had on the fight to deny supplies to Rommel’s army in North Africa. The book’s discussion of the battle’s operational aspects highlights the complex relationships between air and naval power and the influence of geography on littoral operations.

“An important and highly recommended addition to the literature on World War II in the Mediterranean.” —IPP Naval Maritime History

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