The Second World War (4)
The Mediterranean 1940–1945
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About this book
This book explores the idea that the Mediterranean theater of the Second World War was the first truly modern war. It was a highly mobile conflict, in which logistics were a critical and often deciding factor, and from the very beginning a close relationship between the land, sea, and air elements was vital. Victory could not be achieved by either side unless the three services worked in intimate cooperation. Each side advanced and withdrew across 1,000 miles of desert until the Axis forces were decisively defeated at El Alamein in 1942.
Contents
Introduction · Chronology · Background to war: Italian imperialism · Warring sides: Italian propaganda, German professionalism and Allied industiralization · Outbreak: A parallel war · The fighting: In all directions at once· Portrait of a soldier: A modest hero · The world around war: Politics and war · Portrait of a civilian: A child in the siege of annihilation: malta 1940–43· How the war ended: Not necessarily in peace · Conclusion and consequences: The end of empire · Further reading · Index
Paperback; February 2003; 96 pages; ISBN: 9781841765396