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WW2 Western Mediterranean 1942-5 immediate post-war pov
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WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
1939 - 1945
by
TAFFRAIL
Captain Tapprell Dorling, D.S.O., F.R.Hist.S., Royal Navy

First published 1947 by
Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London

£10.00 + P & P

A navy cloth bound book with gilt lettering to the spine and front board; previous owner's signature and date top of fpd. Some bown spots to first and last couple of pages but page block although very slight yellowing to edges generall clean and tight. VERY GOOD condition. Dust wrapper chipped, torn, unclipped, rubbed and a little grubby. Book wrapped weighs over a kilo. 461 pages.

The Mediterranean naval war from an immediate post-war point of view.

160 mm. x 230 mm. x 45 mm.

Jacket blurb

Western Mediterranean

From the Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief,
Mediterranean, May 3rd, 1945
" Their Lordships congratulate you and all the officers and men under your command upon an achievement which will live in the annals of the Royal Navy and of which the end was worthy of a great beginning."

No one person can write of all the navies did during the eventful months of December 1942 to May 1945 in the Mediterranean, but the story richly deserves to be told in so far as one observer can tell it. That "Taffrail" was serving on the staff of two successive commanders-in-chief, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham (now Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope) and Admiral Sir John Cunningham, was our good fortune. His account of the work of the navies off North Africa, off Malta, off Sicily and the Isles of Greece is a personal, irreplaceable record.

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN describes the adventures and actions of many different types of ships and those who served in them—cruisers, destroyers, minesweepers, motor torpedo boats, gunboats and launches, landing ships and craft. Many ships are mentioned by name or number, with the stories of individual officers and men, typical of the thousands who not only took a part in the total destruction of the enemy's sea forces, but successfully transported, supported and sustained the land and air forces until fighting in the Mediterranean theatre ended in victory.

The author

Captain Taprell Dorling
D.S.O., R.N.(Ret.), F.R.Hist.S.

Captain Dorling's thirty-nine years' service in the Royal Navy has included both World Wars.
As Naval Correspondent to the Observer and at Broadcasting House his name is well known. But best of all the public recognise him under his pseudonym of "Taffrail" —Taffrail, author of the famous naval and nautical histories, ENDLESS STORY and SWEPT CHANNELS ; Of seventeen novels, the most recent of which are FRED TRAVIS, A.B., and CHENIES ; author of several volumes of naval sketches, stories and reminiscences, like THE NAVY IN ACTION, and of the Omnibus Book, THE NAVY IS HERE. The publication of WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN sets the seal on his distinguished career as historian and novelist of the Navy.

Contents

I.
   Western Mediterranean, 1942-1943
II.
   North Africa
III.
   Action
VI.
   "Retribution"
V.
   Operation "Husky." Sicily
VI.
   First Landings in Italy
VII.
   Italian Surrender
VIII.
   Salerno: Operation "Avalanche"
IX.
   Salerno: Crisis and Recovery
X.
   Naples
XI.
   The Navy off Italy
XII.
   The Adriatic, Gulf of Gaeta and Anzio
XIII.
   Seaways to Rome
XIV.
   The Adriatic, January—July, 1944. The U-boat Campaign
XV.
   The Assault on Elba
XVI.
   Southern France Invaded
XVII.
   Miscellany
XVIII.
   The Navy in the Dodecanese and Ægean, 1943-1944
XIX.
   Greece and the Dodecanese
XX.
   The Northern Dalmatians
XXI.
   Unconditional Surrender
  Index

Maps

  • The Western Mediterranean
  • Tunisia
  • Sicily
  • Assault upon Italy
  • Salerno
  • The Adriatic and Dalmatian Islands
  • Elba
  • Assault upon Elba
  • Invasion of Southern France
  • The Ægean
  • The Northern Dalmatians
These images are intended show the general appearance and condition of this book! There are a few signs of wear but a nice tight copy.
These images are intended show the general appearance and condition of this book! There are a few signs of wear but a nice tight copy.
These images are intended show the general appearance and condition of this book! There are a few signs of wear but a nice tight copy.

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