Target Corinth Canal : 1940-1944 : Mike Cumberlege and the attempts to block the Corinth Canal / Platon Alexiades.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexiades, Platon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Greece--Corinth Canal.

World War, 1939-1945.

Corinth Canal (Greece)--History--20th century.

Corinth Canal (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the Second World War the Corinth Canal assumed an importance disproportionate to its size. It was the focus of numerous special Allied operations to prevent oil from the Black Sea reaching Italy, to delay the invasion of Crete and severing the vital German supply lines to Rommel's Army in North Africa.German airborne forces occupied the Canal to cut off the ANZAC retreat and Hitler needed the Canal kept open to maintain control of the Aegean Sea. Were this lost, he feared Turkey entering the War on the Allied side.Target Corinth Canal unearths a treasure trove of facts on the little known operations by SOE and other special force units. Heroes such as Mike Cumberlege emerge from the pages of this splendid work of military history.

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter 1: Greece and the Corinth Canal; Chapter 2: The navy and the Mediterranean 1940; Chapter 3: Soe in Greece; Chapter 4: The Corinth Canal and the dodecanese islands; Chapter 5: The British intervention in Greece; Chapter 6: First attempt; Chapter 7: The Canal is Seized; Chapter 8: Retreat and Recriminations; Chapter 9: The Royal Air Force Attempts; Chapter 10: Clandestine Work for Mi9; Chapter 11: The Greek Resistance; Chapter 12: The Corinth Canal and the Battle of el Alamein; Chapter 13: new plans: Thurgoland and Locksmith

Chapter 14: operation LOCKSMITHChapter 15: Capture; Chapter 16: double-Cross Attempt; Chapter 17: Apollo and the don Stott episode; Chapter 18: last Attempt: The Germans; Chapter 19: Sachsenhausen; Chapter 20: Fate and Justice; Chapter 21: Conclusion; epilogue; Appendix A: Abbreviations, pseudonyms and Codenames; Appendix B: personalities; Appendix C: Traffic in Corinth Canal from 16 May to 22 June 1941; Appendix d: Traffic in Corinth Canal from June 1942 to 7 August 1942; Appendix e: Use of the Corinth Canal by U-boats; Appendix F: The Cairo questionnaire concerning the Corinth Canal

Appendix G: Schemes proposed by Major TsigantesAppendix h: limpets and naval Sabotage in the Second World War; Appendix i: Ships sunk or damaged by Soe and Greek saboteurs; Appendix J: The Kiel Canal; endnotes; primary Sources; Select Bibliography; index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 22, 2015).

ISBN:

9781473859555

1473859557

9781473859562

1473859565

OCLC:

909146385