| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Cass series--naval policy and history, 1366-9478 ; 25] |
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Cass series--naval policy and history ; 25. 1366-9478
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| Contents |
Apprenticed to the Queen's Navy, 1883-1908 -- Cunningham, destroyers and the Mediterranean: a symbiotic relationship, 1908-18 -- Cowan's protégé, 1919-33 -- The Mediterranean: challenges and crises, 1934-39 -- The finest appointment: the Mediterranean Fleet, June 1939-June 1940 -- Mussolini's war, June-December 1940 -- Triumph into tragedy, January-May 1941 -- The caged tiger, June 1941-April 1942 -- King and the King's Navy, June-October 1942 -- Return to North Africa, October 1942-May 1943 -- The invasion of Sicily, May-August 1943 -- The invasion of Italy, September-October 1943 -- Becoming first sea lord, October 1943-June 1944 -- The pinnacle of a career, June 1944-May 1946 -- Facing the future, January 1945-June 1946 -- The long ebb tide, June 1946-June 1963 |
| Summary |
Cunningham was the best-known and most celebrated British admiral of the Second World War. From 1943 to 1946, he was the First Sea Lord and a participant in the wartime conferences with Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-302) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cunningham of Hyndhope, Andrew Browne Cunningham, Viscount, 1883-1963.
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| SUBJECT |
Cunningham of Hyndhope, Andrew Browne Cunningham, Viscount, 1883-1963 fast |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British
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Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Admirals
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056848
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Naval history
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003061314 |
| ISBN |
0203504968 |
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9780203504963 |
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9786610225569 |
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6610225567 |
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9780714684604 |
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0714684600 |
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