Churchill's Secret Invasion: Britain's First Large Scale Combined Operations Offensive 1942

by John Grehan

In the spring of 1942, Britain's far-flung empire was in the greatest peril. North Africa was being overrun by the German Afrika Korps and in Southeast Asia, the forces of Imperial Japan had captured Singapore and were threatening India.

Only the most urgent reinforcement of both war fronts could prevent disaster. But Britain's shipping routes to Egypt and India passed the island of Madagascar. If the Japanese Navy, operating out of Madagascar,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781593825
• ISBN13: 9781781593820
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"