High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Operation Vigorous was a World War II Allied operation to deliver a supply convoy (MW-11) that sailed from Haifa and Port Said on 12 June 1942 to Malta. The convoy encountered heavy Axis air and sea opposition and returned to Alexandria on 16 June. Until the French surrender and Italy's declaration of war, the Mediterranean had been an Allied 'lake'. The French Fleet and the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet dominated the only potential and credible adversary, Italy's Regia Marina. The French surrender and its consequences changed that. The French Fleet became a potentially potent threat in Axis hands and so was, in part, destroyed, adding to French antipathy towards the British. French bases in North Africa ceased to offer protection to Allied, ie, British, shipping. The Regia Marina possessed potent modern warships, particularly battleships and heavy cruisers, and Italian and Libyan territory provided centrally located bases that could cut British supply routes. The fall of Greece and Crete in 1941 extended the reach of Axis aircraft and submarines, which were consequently able to intercept Allied shipping from Alexandria and Suez.
Produktkennzeichnungen
Herausgeber
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Sussan F. Marseken
EAN
9786130387662
ISBN
9786130387662
ISBN-10
6130387660
ISBN-13
9786130387662
eBay Product ID (ePID)
85978902
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
204 Seiten
Verlag
Betascript Publishing, Betascript Publishers
Autor
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
Buchtitel
Operation Vigorous
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
Maße
Gewicht
320g
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Inhaltsbeschreibung
Paperback
Item Length
22cm
Item Height
1cm
Item Width
15cm
Sprachausgabe
Englisch
Seiten
204 Seiten
Herausgaber
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
Item Weight
320g
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