Book contents
- Strangling the Axis
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Strangling the Axis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Terminology: ‘British’ and ‘Allied’
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Descent to War in the Mediterranean
- 2 Resisting Mare Nostrum
- 3 Enter Germany
- 4 Progress
- 5 Axis Ascendency
- 6 The End of the Beginning
- 7 The End in North Africa and the Shipping Crisis
- 8 After North Africa
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 June 2020
Book contents
- Strangling the Axis
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Strangling the Axis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Terminology: ‘British’ and ‘Allied’
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Descent to War in the Mediterranean
- 2 Resisting Mare Nostrum
- 3 Enter Germany
- 4 Progress
- 5 Axis Ascendency
- 6 The End of the Beginning
- 7 The End in North Africa and the Shipping Crisis
- 8 After North Africa
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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