Blue Water War: Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean
With a focus on Operation Dragoon and the Liberation of Greece
Part of Naval Battles week on WW2TV
Our guest today is American author and retired Army officer Brian E Walter returning for his third appearance. His first book The Longest Campaign came out in May 2020.
In this show Brian will talk about the key moments in the Mediterranean based on his new book: Blue Water War. This campaign was a prolonged and colossal conflict waged at differing times against the combined forces of Italy, Germany and Vichy France over a wide area stretching from the coastal waters of Southern Europe in the north to Madagascar in the south and Africa’s Atlantic coast in the west to the Persian Gulf in the east. Utilizing a variety of weapons including surface warships, submarines, and aircraft along with sizable merchant fleets, the British and their subsequent American partners maintained vital seaborne lines of communication, conducted numerous amphibious landings, interdicted Axis supply activities and eventually eliminated all semblances of Axis maritime power within the theater. In turn, these actions facilitated multiple Allied victories that helped secure the defeat of the European Axis.
Brian’s previous show:
Turning Points in the Battle of the Atlantic
Other shows about the Mediterranean:
Australians in the Mediterranean in WW2
Fortress Malta
Blue Water War: The Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1940-1945 by Brian E. Walter
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The Longest Campaign by Brian E. Walter
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