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9780719564086

Malta Convoys, 1940-1943

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  • ISBN13:

    9780719564086

  • ISBN10:

    0719564085

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-02-01
  • Publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd
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Table of Contents

Illustrations
x
Preface xiii
Maps
xxi
`The adventure begins'
1(14)
`The moral is to the material as three is to one'
15(17)
`Sustained by the volume of prayer'
32(8)
`A moral effect quite out of proportion to the damage': Operation MA3, the Battle of Calabria, Operation MA5 and Convoys MF1 and MS1
40(13)
`The door-keepers': Operations Hurry and Hats, and Convoy MF2
53(21)
`Mare nostrum is ... an established fact': Operations MB5, MB6 and Convoys MF3 and MF4, Operation MB8 and Convoys MW3 and ME3, Operations Coat, Judgement and White
74(21)
`The usual crowded programme': Operations Collar and MB9, Convoys MW4 and ME4; Operation MC2, Convoys MW5(A) and (B), and ME5(A); Operation Hide and Convoy MG1; Operation Seek
95(14)
`Things started to go wrong': Operations Excess and MC4, and Convoys MW5 1/2, ME5 1/2 and MW6
109(20)
`Even a gunnery officer cannot miss': Operations MC8 and MC9, Convoy MW6 and the Battle of Matapan
129(27)
`A memorable achievement': Operation Winch, Convoy ME7, Operations Dunlop, Salient, Temple, Tiger, Convoys MW7A and B, and Operations Splice, Rocket, Tracer and Railway
156(22)
`On the verge of disaster': Magic Carpets and Operation Substance, with Convoy GM1
178(34)
`A most hectic afternoon': Operations Style, Mincemeat, Status 1 and 2, Propeller, MD6 and Halberd, with Convoys GM2 and MG2
212(27)
`The blackest of days': Operations Callboy, Perpetual and Astrologer
239(13)
`The crisis in our fortunes': Operation Chieftain and Convoy GM3, Operations Landmark, MD1 and MF1, with Convoy ME8, and the First Battle of Sirte
252(25)
`At very great hazard': Operations MF2, 3, 4 and 5, with Convoys MW8, ME9, and ME10; Operations Spotter, Picket and MG1 with Convoy MW10 and the Second Battle of Sirte
277(40)
`A question of survival': Operations Picket, Calendar, Bowery, LB, Style, Salient and Harpoon with Convoy GM4
317(31)
`An imperial balls-up': Operation Vigorous and Convoy MW11
348(21)
`The largest possible convoy': Operations Pinpoint, Insect, Berserk, Ascendant, MG3 and Pedestal; with Convoys WS21s and MW12
369(20)
`You men cannot be replaced': Operations Bellows and Pedestal, with Convoy WS21s
389(44)
`The enemy will ... proclaim this a great victory': Operation Pedestal
433(22)
`The unloading proceeded undisturbed': Operations Baritone, Train, Crupper, Stoneage, Portcullis, Quadrangle A, B, C and D, Survey and MH2, with Convoys MW13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, and ME11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17
455(13)
Aftermath 468(4)
Notes 472(35)
Bibliography 507(4)
Acknowledgements 511(2)
Index 513

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