| PVT641 | 25 May 2017 12:51 p.m. PST |
Looking for suggestions please. |
| slugbalancer | 25 May 2017 1:57 p.m. PST |
Title: Pedestal: Malta Convoy of August 1942
Author: Peter C. Smith
ISBN-13: 978-0947554774 Great book covering operation Pedestal. The convoy that saved Malta. Battleships, aircraft carriers, crusiers, destroyers, submarines, torpedo boats, dive bombers, level bombers, torpedo bombers and neutral forces. It's got the lot. |
| freerangeegg | 25 May 2017 2:07 p.m. PST |
the naval war in the mediterranean 1940-1943 By Green and Masignani is the best I have read, gives a well balanced account. |
| Bozkashi Jones | 25 May 2017 2:39 p.m. PST |
Engage the Enemy More Closely (Correlli Barnett) gives a good political/strategic overview. The German Fleet at War (O'Hare) is good for some of the minor late war actions when the Kriegsmarine took control of some of the Italian destroyers and smaller units. Nick |
| Silurian | 25 May 2017 2:58 p.m. PST |
War in the Mediterranean, 1940 – 1943, by Bernard Ireland is excellent. All books by Ireland are a gripping read. |
| 21eRegt | 25 May 2017 4:46 p.m. PST |
Another endorsement of Green and Masignani's work. Very comprehensive and even-handed. |
| Lascaris | 25 May 2017 9:54 p.m. PST |
Struggle for the Middle Sea by O'Hars. |
| Bill McHarg | 25 May 2017 10:00 p.m. PST |
For something a little different, you might look up The Ship, by CS Forester. Its a novel of a single action by a British light cruiser in the Mediterranean in WWII. They are fighting heavier Italian cruisers. Great action, and gives a human look at the fight. |
| PVT641 | 26 May 2017 5:06 a.m. PST |
Thank you for the suggestions. I already have The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943 By Green and Masignani, but I'm almost done with it. So looking for something new for after. |
| Wackmole9 | 27 May 2017 7:48 a.m. PST |
Struggle for the Middle Sea by O'Hars. |
| Hussar62 | 27 May 2017 1:16 p.m. PST |
In Passage Perilous by Vincent O'Hara. This book just focuses on the June 1942 convoys in the Med. |
| Levi the Ox | 28 May 2017 9:24 p.m. PST |
I will have to third the recommendation of Struggle for the Middle Sea. Good detail on the engagements, but you catch enough of the big picture (and I learned more about the French wartime political situation from that book than anything else I've read)! |
| lyness | 29 May 2017 6:44 a.m. PST |
O'hara Struggle for the Middle Sea & in Passage Perlious, Green& Masiganni The Naval War in the Mediterranean
O'Hara On Seas Contested
O'Hara Dark Navy
Llewellyn-Jones The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean Convoys: A Naval Staff History (Naval Staff Histories)
McIntyre The Battle for the Mediterranean |
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