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Churchill's secret invasion : Britain's first large-scale combined operations offensive 1942 / John Grehan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grehan, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Madagascar.
- Madagascar--History, Military.
- Madagascar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the spring of 1942 Britain''s far-flung empire was in the greatest peril. North Africa was being overrun by the German Afrika Korps and in south-east Asia the forces of Imperial Japan had captured Singapore and were threatening India. Only the most urgent reinforcement of both war fronts could prevent disaster. But Britain''s shipping routes to Egypt and India passed the island of Madagascar. If the Japanese Navy, operating out of Madagascar, could severe Britain''s communications with Cairo and Delhi, then the whole of North Africa and the Indian sub-continent would be at the mercy of the
- Contents:
- List of Illustrations; List of Maps and Plan; Acknowledgements; Antsirane; Introduction "A Turning Point in the War"; Chapter 1 ''Age-Long Enemies''; Chapter 2 ''A Considerable Gamble''; Chapter 3 ''Let's Risk Something''; Chapter 4 ''Ironclad Begun''; Chapter 5 ''The Crack of the Shells''; Chapter 6 ''Savage Hearts''; Chapter 7 ''End of an Era''; Chapter 8 ''Shabby Deal-Making''; Chapter 9 "Before the Last Battle"; Chapter 10 "Death to the Traitors of Vichy"; Chapter 11 ''Incalculable Consequences''; Chapter 12 Exploring the battlegrounds of Operation Ironclad; Appendices
- Appendix I Operation IroncladAppendix II Operation Ironclad - 121 Force; Appendix III French Forces; Appendix IV French Naval Assets; Appendix V Letter to the Governor of Diego Suarez; Appendix VI Operation Stream-Line-Jane; Appendix VII French Order of Battle; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781473830820
- 1473830826
- 9781473829664
- 1473829666
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