{"product_id":"the-path-to-victory-the-mediterranean-theater-in-world-war-ii-1","title":"The Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mediterranean theater in World War II has long been overlooked by historians who believe it was little more than a string of small-scale battles-sideshows that were of minor importance in a war whose outcome was decided in the clashes of mammoth tank armies in northern Europe. But in this ground-breaking new book, one of our finest military historians argues that the Mediterranean was World War II's pivotal theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas Porch examines the Mediterranean as an integrated arena, one in which events in Syria and Suez influenced the survival of Gibraltar. The Middle Sea constituted a strategic piece of a global war where crucial military decisions were made: it was a passage that linked far-flung theaters; saved scarce Allied shipping; became an essential conduit for lend-lease aid to the USSR; offered France a testing ground for its rehabilitation as a military power; and provided an entry point into southern Germany for two Allied armies. Without a Mediterranean alternative, the Western Allies would probably have committed to a premature cross-Channel invasion in 1943 that might well have cost them the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly argued, with vivid portraits of Churchill, Montgomery, FDR, Rommel, and Mussolini, this original, accessible, and compelling account of a little-known theater emphasizes the importance of the Mediterranean in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe in World War II., ISBN13: 9780374205188 ISBN10: 0374205183 Material Type: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46126374322339,"sku":"A-STR_UBD_H0000NG7","price":13.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/61PCoptbalL.jpg?v=1754887542","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/the-path-to-victory-the-mediterranean-theater-in-world-war-ii-1","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}