Operation Pedestal : the fleet that battled to Malta, 1942 / Max Hastings ; [maps by Martin Brown].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hastings, Max, author.

Contributor:

Brown, Martin (Cartographer), cartographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operation Pedestal, 1942.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Sea.

World War, 1939-1945.

Malta--History--Siege, 1940-1943.

Malta.

History.

Military campaigns.

Mediterranean Sea.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 428 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Summary:

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta--an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph against all odds.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. `It Would Be A Disaster Of The First Magnitude'

1. Malta

2. Churchill's Commitment

2. Men And Ships

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.

Notes:

Originally published in Great Britain in 2021 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references (page 371-402) and index.

ISBN:

9780062980151

0062980157

OCLC:

1193064274