TY - GEN AU - Playfair I.S.O TI - The Mediterranean and Middle East: The Early Success against Italy /1954 U1 - 940.540,HIS PY - 1954/// CY - London PB - Majesty's office KW - Secon world War N1 - The Growing Tension in the Middle East (Page-1), Plans and Preparations in Case of War (Page-23), At War with Germany Uneasy Calm in the Mediterranean (Page-41), The Logistic Foundations (Page-59), Italian Hostility Increases (Page-81), Italy Declares War (Page-109), The French Collapse (Page-125), Encouraging Start of the Struggle at Sea (Page-145), The First Encounters on the Borders of Italian East Africa (Page-165), Anxiety over the Position in the Middle East (Page-185), the Italians Carry the War Into Greece (Page-223), More Reinforcements for the Middle East (Page-241), The First British Offensive in the Western Desert (Page-257), Supremacy at Sea (Page-277), Germany Turns to the Balkans (Page-333), Graziani is Swept out of Cyrenaica (Page-351), The Italians Lose the Initiative in East Africa (Page-391), Victory of the Northern Front in East Africa (Page-429). ER -