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Operation Pedestal : the fleet that battled to Malta, 1942 /

Hastings, Max,

Operation Pedestal : the fleet that battled to Malta, 1942 / Max Hastings. - First U.S. edition. - New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2021. - xxxiii, 428 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Originally published in Great Britain in 2021 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-402) and index.

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta--an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph against all odds.

ISBN: 9780062980151

LCCN: 2022275296

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1939-1945

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Operation Pedestal, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Sea.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Campagnes et batailles--Méditerranée.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
HISTORY--General.--Europe--Great Britain
Military campaigns.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Malta--History--Siege, 1940-1943.
Malte--Histoire--1940-1943 (Siège)
Malta.
Mediterranean Sea.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Informational works.

LC Class. No.: D763.M3 / H373 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 940.54/21