In this superb history, Max Hastings unfolds the most brutal of Britain’s battles at sea. This is the story of beleaguered Malta and Churchill’s decision, in August 1942, that all costs the ‘island fortress’ must be saved.
Bringing together the ‘big picture’ of statesmen and admirals with human stories of German U-boat men, Italian torpedo-plane crews, Hurricane pilots, destroyer captains and many other ordinary but extraordinary seamen, Operation Pedestal records an epic saga of catastrophe and rescue, of terrific courage and terrible suspense.
Dimensions:31 x 198
Author: Max Hastings
ISBN: 9780008364984
Format: Paperback
Pages 366