Título:
Operation Pedestal : the fleet that battled to Malta, 1942 / Max Hastings ; maps by Martin Brown.
ISBN:
9780062980151
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Edición:
First U.S. edition.
Información de publicación:
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]
©2021
Descripción física:
xxxiii, 428 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Contenido:
The Pedestal fleet -- Glossary -- "It would be a disaster of the first magnitude" -- Men and ships -- Sailing -- First blood -- "Stand by to ram" -- The twelfth -- Cruel sea -- Force X -- Scuttling charges -- Retribution -- Blenheim Day -- Ohio -- Grand Harbour -- Appendix: Losses during Operation Pedestal.
Síntesis:
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.
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DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
on1193064274
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