| Record Number |
660468 |
| ISBN |
9780008364953 |
| 9780008364946 |
| Author |
Hastings, Max |
| Title |
Operation Pedestal : the fleet that battled to Malta 1942 / by Max Hastings. |
| Publication details |
London : William Collins, 2021. |
| Pagination etc. |
xxxiii, 428 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Summary Note |
Operation Pedestal describes catastrophic ship sinkings, including that of the aircraft-carrier Eagle, together with struggles to rescue survivors and salvage stricken ships. Most moving of all is the story of the tanker Ohio, indispensable to Malta's survival, victim of countless Axis attacks. In the last days of the battle, the ravaged hulk was kept under way only by two destroyers, lashed to her sides. Max Hastings describes this as one of the most extraordinary tales he has ever recounted. Until the very last hours, no participant on either side could tell what would be the outcome of an epic of wartime suspense and courage. |
| Subject |
Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965 -- Military leadership |
| Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mediterranean Region |
| Military history |
| Battleships -- Great Britain |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British |
| Operation Pedestal, 1942 |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Malta |
| Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 20th century |
| Maritime history |
| Military history |
| World War II |
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