The Mediterranean and Middle East. Vol. 1 The early successes against Italy (to May 1941) / by Major-General I.S.O. Playfair ; with Commander G.M.S. Stitt, Brigadier C.J.C. Molony, Air Vice-Marshal S.E. Toomer
1954, First Edition. London : H.M.S.O. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #479244
Physical description: xxvi, 506 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm. Series: History of the Second World War. . United Kingdom military series. Contents: Chapter I. The growing tension in the Middle East -- Chapter II. 1939: Plans and preparations in case of war -- Chapter III. At war with Germany: Uneasy calm in the Mediterranean (September 1939-February 1940) -- Chapter IV. The logistic foundations (1939-1940) -- Chapter V. Italian hostility increases (March-June 1940) -- Chapter VI. Italy declares war (June 1940) -- Chapter VII. The French collapse -- Chapter VIII. Encouraging start of the struggle at sea -- Chapter IX. The first encounters on the borders of Italian East Africa -- Chapter X. Anxiety over the position in the Middle East -- Chapter XI. The Italians make a move into Egypt -- Chapter XII. The Italians carry the war into Greece -- Chapter XIII. More reinforcements for the Middle East (October-December 1940) -- Chapter XIV. The first British offensive in the Western Desert -- I. -- Chapter XV. The first British offensive in the Western Desert -- II. -- Chapter XVI. Supremacy at sea -- Chapter XVII. The arrival of the Luft-Waffe in January 1941 -- Chapter XVIII. Germany turns to the Balkans -- Chapter XIX. Graziani is swept out of Cyrenaica (January-February 1941) -- Chapter XX. The Greeks accept the British offer -- Chapter XXI. The Italians lose the initiative in East Africa -- Chapter XXII. The advance to Addis Ababa through Somalia and Gojjam -- Chapter XXIII. Victory on the Northern front in East Africa. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, East. World War 2 Mediterranean campaign. World War 2 Middle Eastern campaigns.
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