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100 1 $aHastings, Max,$eauthor.
245 10 $aOperation Pedestal :$bthe fleet that battled to Malta, 1942 /$cMax Hastings ; [maps by Martin Brown].
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,$c[2021]
264 4 $c©2021
300 $axxxiii, 428 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published in Great Britain in 2021 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 371-402) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The Pedestal fleet -- Glossary -- "It would be a disaster of the first magnitude" -- Men and ships -- Sailing -- First blood -- "Stand by to ram" -- The twelfth -- Cruel sea -- Force X -- Scuttling charges -- Retribution -- Blenheim Day -- Ohio -- Grand Harbour -- Appendix: Losses during Operation Pedestal.
520 $aRenowned 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.
650 0 $aOperation Pedestal, 1942.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zMediterranean Sea.
651 0 $aMalta$xHistory$ySiege, 1940-1943.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Military / World War II.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aMilitary campaigns.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01710190
651 7 $aMalta.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01207170
651 7 $aMediterranean Sea.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01239753
647 7 $aSiege of Malta$c(Malta :$d1940-1943)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01354868
647 7 $aOperation Pedestal$d(1942)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01923099
647 7 $aWorld War$d(1939-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01180924
648 7 $a1939-1945$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 $aBrown, Martin$c(Cartographer),$ecartographer.
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