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Critical Conflict: The Royal Navy's Mediterranean Campaign in 1940 Hardback - 2011

by Peter C. Smith

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The is really three separate accounts of naval actions in and around the Mediterranean in 1940. The first is the 1940 naval battle off southern Italy between the Italian and British navies and is nothing special. The third covers the massive fleet/convoy movement by the British to bring supplies and personnel into Malta later in the year and is an acceptable telling of the details. Where the book shines is the second, and longest, piece which covers the events surrounding the relief of Admiral North as commanding officer Gibraltar. North was sacked after not acting as the Admiralty and Winston Churchill expected when a Vichy French fleet sailed past Gibraltar and into the Atlantic while an Allied operation (MENACE) was underway against the Vichy colony of Dakar. The author examines all aspects of the issue and gives what I consider an unbiased telling of the facts. The books contains the typos of the first edition (titled Action Imminent) and is absolutely not, as the subtitle states, an account of the "Royal Navy's Mediterranean Campaign in 1940".

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During 1940 Churchill and the War Cabinet regarded safe passage for British ships in the Mediterranean Sea to be of paramount importance. Despite the catastrophic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and the threat of imminent invasion from across the English Channel, it was considered that the vital trade routes to North Africa and the Middle East must be kept open.

The German Kreigsmarine were at that time committed to North Sea and Atlantic naval forays. The French surrender left their fleet in disarray, some wishing to fight against their invaders and others supporting the Vichy government. The Royal Navy finally put matters to rest with the destruction of the French fleet in Toulon, an unsavory but entirely necessary act of war. However, there remained the powerful and modern Italian fleet which, if allowed to run amok within the Mediterranean, could cause mayhem for the Allies. Their fleet had to be destroyed at all costs. This is the story of how this was achieved during 1940.

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  • Title Critical Conflict: The Royal Navy's Mediterranean Campaign in 1940
  • Author Peter C. Smith
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition By
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pen and Sword Maritime, Barnsley
  • Publication date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781848845138 / 1848845138
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.4 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.56 cm)
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations,, World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011501356
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.542
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