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The Cunningham Papers - Volume II: The Triumph of Allied Sea Power 1942-1946 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Cunningham Papers - Volume II: The Triumph of Allied Sea Power 1942-1946 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Navy Records Society Publications
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Following America's entry into World War Two, there was a necessity
for the Royal Navy to strengthen co-operation with the United
States Navy. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham's brief term as head of
the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington was to endear him to
the Americans so much so that they proposed him as Allied Naval
Commander of the Expeditionary Force which was to invade North
Africa in November 1942. In October 1943, Cunningham was summoned
to replace the dying Pound as First Sea Lord, a position he held
until his retirement from active service in June 1946. In that time
he presided over the invasion of Normandy, operations in the
Mediterranean, the sinking of the Scharnhorst and Tirpitz, the
defeat of the late surge of U-boat activity, the British Pacific
Fleet, and the problems of manpower, the futures of the Royal
Marines and the Fleer Air Arm, and the conversion of the Royal Navy
from its swollen wartime strength to a much-reduced peacetime
cadre. Cunningham remained concerned over the future of the
country's defence and that of the Royal Navy and he was able to
speak in major defence debates in the House of Lords. He died
suddenly in 1963 and was buried at sea. Cunningham was one of
Britain's great sailors, a worthy successor to Nelson, whom he
admired and many of whose qualities he displayed. This second
volume of Cunningham's papers covers the period of his life
described above. It includes official documents but also many
letters to his family and brother-officers that exhibit his
feelings, as well as his illuminating diary entries from April 1944
onwards.
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