OPERATION PEDESTAL: THE FLEET THAT BATTLED TO MALTA 1942
Written by Max Hastings
Published by William Collins
in 2021
ISBN: 9780008364946
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- MARITIME
- MALTA
- NAVY
- LIMITED EDITION
Sorry but we don't currently have any copies of this book in stock. If you would like to contact us we can let you know the moment we get one in stock.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- The Pedestal Fleet
- Glossary
- 1 'It Would be a Disaster of the First Magnitude'
- 1 MALTA
- 2 CHURCHILL's COMMITMENT
- 2 Men and Ship's
- 1 THE FLEET
- 2 THE CONVOY
- 3 Sailing
- 4 First Blood
- 1 HUNTERS
- 2 THE NEMESIS OF EAGLE
- 5 'Stand by to Ram'
- 6 The Twelfth
- 1 'SHALL I BE KILLED TODAY'
- 2 DOGFIGHTING
- 3 MINES, BOMBAS, TORPEDOES AND A CANARY
- 7 Cruel Sea
- 1 'I BELIEVE THEY'VE BUGGERED US'!
- 2 THE PARTING OF COURSES
- 8 Force X
- 9 Scuttling Charges
- 10 Retribution
- 11 Blenheim Day
- 12 Ohio
- 13 Grand Harbour
- 1 BERTHING
- 2 HONOURS AND OBSEQUIES
- APPENDIX: Losses during Operation Pedestal
- Acknowledgements
- References and Notes
- Bibliography
- Index