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Struggle for the Middle Sea - The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945 (Paperback)
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Struggle for the Middle Sea - The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945 (Paperback)
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The Mediterranean Sea was the most intensely contested body of
water in World War II. As the maritime crossroads where Europe,
Asia, and Africa meet, more major naval actions were fought in the
Mediterranean than in the Atlantic or Pacific. Despite its
importance, remarkably little has been written about the subject,
and what exists is largely one-sided and outdated. This fresh study
of the naval war in the Mediterranean analyses the actions and
performances of the five major navies-British, Italian, French,
German, and American-during the entire five-year campaign and
objectively examines the national imperatives that drove each
nation's maritime strategy. Struggle for the Middle Sea sidesteps
the myths that haunt this campaign, such as Great Britain enjoying
a moral advantage over Italy, or the French being Germany's puppet,
or the North African campaign significantly contributing to the
eventual Allied victory. The book documents how the British Royal
Navy, despite brilliant victories, was bled white in a campaign
with questionable strategic goals; how Italy followed its own
coherent naval strategy, much to the frustration of its German
ally; and how the Marine Nationale was the strength of the
independent French state and how it fought the Allies-and rejected
the Axis-to maintain that independence. Most World War II histories
tell the story of the Mediterranean War from a limited national
point of view. Other works also end the story in 1943. Struggle for
the Middle Sea provides a complete history of the entire campaign
from all perspectives and covers Germany's largely unknown-and
remarkably successful-struggle to employ sea power in the
Mediterranean after the Italian armistice. The book's perspective
and depth of detail is unmatched by other works, and its fresh
viewpoints, supported by extensive research in Italian and French
sources, are certain to provoke controversy. Its lessons about
coastal warfare, the use of the sea, and the difficulty of sea
denial have particular application today.
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