The Battle for the Mediterranean

"This book provides a strategic overview of the war that is interweaved with fascinating personal accounts, its campaigns and battles." - Professor Geoffrey Roberts.

If the Second World War was Hitler's war, the vast military conflict that engulfed the Mediterranean between 1940 and 1945 was Mussolini's. In this exciting and illuminating account, Anthony Tucker-Jones explores the major campaigns across the whole Mediterranean, from the struggle for control of the Suez Canal to the Allied landings in the French Riviera in the summer of 1944.

Includes:
• Battle for Crete
• The Desert Air War
• Second Battle of El Alamein
• Operation Crusader
• Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky)

The actions of famous generals are introduced, including Erwin Rommel, Bernard Montgomery and George S. Patton, and how their strategic offensives pushed back Axis forces. Augmented by fascinating photographs and forwarded by Professor Geoffrey Roberts, The Battle for the Mediterranean tells the story of an all-encompassing conflict, by land, air and sea.

Anthony Tucker-Jones, a former intelligence officer, is an author, commentator and writer who specialises in military history. He has over fifty books to his name as well as several hundred features online and in print. His latest study provides a concise and yet enthralling, account of all the vast conflicts fought throughout the Mediterranean during the Second World War - something that has not been attempted in over a decade.

Professor Geoffrey Roberts is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork and a recognized world authority of Stalin and the Second World War. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has won many academic awards and prizes, including a Fulbright Scholarship to Harvard University. His previous publications include The Unholy Alliance: Stalin's Pact with Hitler (1989), and Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War 1939-1953.