Ultra and Mediterranean Strategy, 1941-45
Published on 27. April 1989
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-0-241-12687-5 (ISBN)
Description
The supreme value of Ultra intelligence, information derived from decrypting the radio traffic of the German armed forces, is now generally recognized, but it is still imperfectly understood. In virtue of Ultra, no statesman or general has ever known so much about the enemies intentions before deciding on his own actions as Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Montgomery. In this book the author of "Ultra in the West" analyzes Ultra's contribution to the struggle for the Mediterranean. It provides a primary interpretation of World War II history, and will be as appealing to the professional historian and intelligence expert as to the layman. Ralph Bennett was drafted into the Ultra-producing department at Bletchley Park, and served there for over four years. He has also written many books on medieval history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
27pp maps & line drawings, notes, bibliography, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
860 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-12687-5 (9780241126875)
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Content
Beginnings - and Rommel (Feb-June 1941); the limitations of intelligence - Yugoslavia, Greece, Crete, Iraq and Syria (April-June 1941); restless interlude (June-November 1941); CRUSADER - victory into defeat (Nov-1941-Feb 1942); descent to disaster - from Gazala to Alamein (Feb-Aug 1942); the Eighth Army's first victories - Alam Halfa and Alamein (Aug-Dec 1942); the slow pursuit across Libya - Alamein to Tripoli (Nov 1942-Jan 1943); TORCH - the Tunisian campaign (Nov 1942-May 1943) - the first two months, Kasserine, Medenine, Mareth, Wadi Akarit, Tunis; Sicily (July-Aug 1943); the Italian campaign (Nov 1943-May 1945) - Salerno to the Winter Line, Anzio, preparing the breakthrough, DIADEM - the Great Advance, the assault on the Gothic Line, the last offensive; Yugoslavia (1941-1945); toward an assessment. Appendices: signals to commands abroad; the mood of early 1941; Auchinleck, Montgomery and Rommel; a shortened war?; axis supplies before Kasserine; the intelligence aftermath of Kasserine; STRANGLE; tank returns; the Gothic Line; Italian defences, or an Alpine fortress?; operation SUNRISE; missing links in the chain of Yugoslav evidence; Cos and Leros; how it was done; decrypting enigma; signalling Ultra.