THE CUNNINGHAM PAPERS VOLUME II THE TRIUMPH OF ALLIED SEA POWER 1942-1946
Written by Michael Simpson
Published by Ashgate
in 2006
ISBN: 0754655989
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THE CUNNINGHAM PAPERS VOLUME II THE TRIUMPH OF ALLIED SEA POWER 1942-1946
Written by Michael Simpson.
Stock no. 2120386
1st.
2006.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition.
Selections from the private and official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, O.M., K.T., G.C.B., D.S.O. and two bars. Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. 150. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and circular vignette to front. B/w frontis. xxvii and 443 pages including index. ISBN: 0754655989. Just a few light marks to covers.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Maps and Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary of Abbreviations
- Chronology of the Life and Career of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
- A Brief Bibliography
- Part I: The British Admiralty Delegation, Washington DC March to September 1942
- Part II: Return to the Mediterranean
- A: 'Torch': The Landings in North Africa, July 1942-May 1943
- B: 'Husky': The Landings in Sicily, March 1943-April 1944
- C: 'Baytown' and 'Avalanche': The Landings in Italy, August 1943-January 1945
- Part III: First Sea Lord
- A: Appointment, September 1943-March 1944
- B: Churchill, the Chiefs of Staf and the Combined Chiefs of Staff, October 1943-May 1946
- D: Neptune and After, December 1943-March 1945
- E: The German Navy: U-boats and Surface Warships, January 1944-August 1945
- F: The Mediterranean, March 1943-February 1946
- G: The British Pacific Fleet and the East Indies Fleet, November 1943-March 1946
- H: The Post-War Navy, May 1943-May 1946
- I: Sunset Retreat: Retirement and Succession, May 1945-June 1946
- List of Documents and Sources
- Index