{"product_id":"9780253006059","title":"In Passage Perilous: Malta and the Convoy Battles of June 1942","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn invaluable account of one of the most overlooked sea battles of World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e By mid-1942 the Allies were losing the Mediterranean war: Malta was isolated and its civilian population faced starvation. In June 1942 the British Royal Navy made a stupendous effort to break the Axis stranglehold. The British dispatched armed convoys from Gibraltar and Egypt toward Malta. In a complex battle lasting more than a week, Italian and German forces defeated Operation Vigorous, the larger eastern effort, and ravaged the western convoy, Operation Harpoon, in a series of air, submarine, and surface attacks culminating in the Battle of Pantelleria. Just two of seventeen merchant ships that set out for Malta reached their destination. \u003ci\u003eIn Passage Perilous\u003c\/i\u003e presents a detailed description of the operations and assesses the actual impact Malta had on the fight to deny supplies to Rommel’s army in North Africa. The book’s discussion of the battle’s operational aspects highlights the complex relationships between air and naval power and the influence of geography on littoral operations.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An important and highly recommended addition to the literature on World War II in the Mediterranean.” —\u003ci\u003eIPP Naval Maritime History\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074050867440,"sku":"9780253006059","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253006059_p0.jpg?v=1769912305","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253006059","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}