Royal Navy and the Mediterranean

The books are superbly produced ... surprisingly readable ... Indispensable in their various ways, these two works are needed by all responsible libraries-The Naval Review

• Part 1 Air and sea power, November 1940 to June 1941: fighting at sea in both halves of the Mediterannean, November 1940; fighting on land, at sea and in the air - Cyrenaica, convoys and bombardments, December 1940 to February 1941; axis forces attack in the Balkans and Cyrenaica, February to Arpil 1941; withdrawal from Crete, advance into Iraq and Syria, April to June 1941. Part 2 Support to the army, June to December 1941: stalemate in the Western desert, June and July 1941; attacks on the enemy's pipe-line, August, September 1941; preparing for assault in the desert, October, November 1941; advance into Cyrenaica, December 1941; Appendices.