Strangling the Axis: The Fight for Control of the Mediterranean during the Second World War
- ISBN-10
- 1108478212
- ISBN-13
- 9781108478212
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-06-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Richard Hammond
Description
Richard Hammond offers a major reassessment of the role of the war at sea in Allied victory in the Mediterranean region.
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