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The Bitter Sea: The Brutal World War II Fight for the Mediterranean

3.46 (26 ratings by Goodreads)

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By (author): Simon Ball

A gripping history of the Mediterranean campaigns from the first rumblings of conflict through the Second World War and into the uneasy peace of the late 1940s.

The Mediterranean Sea lies at the very heart of recent world history. To the British during the Second World War, the Mediterranean was the worlds great thoroughfare. To the Americans, it represented the answer to anti-imperialism. And to Mussolini, it encapsulated his violent vision of conquest. These three great powers attempted to overthrow the existing order in the Mediterranean, resulting in a collision of allies as well as enemies that hadnt been seen before: the Germans fought against the Italians, the Americans against the Arabs, the Jews against the British, the French against nearly everyone. The Mediterranean was indeed the bitter sea.

In this masterly history, Simon Ball takes us through the tumultuous events set in motion by Mussolinis lust for conquest that ended with the creation of Israel. Long drawn-out battles on land, sea and air dominated by WWIIs most illustrious leaders, Churchill, Eisenhower and Rommel amongst them resulted in Allied victory in the battle of El Alamein, the terrifying desert campaigns of Africa and the eventual defeat of Italy and then Germany.

The wars in the Mediterranean had huge consequences for all those who fought in them, but none more profound than those experienced by the lands, nations and peoples that lived around the sea itself. Based on entirely original research, The Bitter Sea is expertly written, utterly compelling and unquestionably important.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 310g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Apr 2010
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780007203055

About Simon Ball

Simon Ball won an Open Exhibition to read history at Brasenose Oxford. He studied for his PhD under David Reynolds at Christs College Cambridge and was Head of Modern History at Glasgow University. He is the author of the critically accalimed The Guardsmen one of the best reviewed books of 2004.

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