Book contents
- Strangling the Axis
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Strangling the Axis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Terminology: ‘British’ and ‘Allied’
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Descent to War in the Mediterranean
- 2 Resisting Mare Nostrum
- 3 Enter Germany
- 4 Progress
- 5 Axis Ascendency
- 6 The End of the Beginning
- 7 The End in North Africa and the Shipping Crisis
- 8 After North Africa
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 June 2020
- Strangling the Axis
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Strangling the Axis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Terminology: ‘British’ and ‘Allied’
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Descent to War in the Mediterranean
- 2 Resisting Mare Nostrum
- 3 Enter Germany
- 4 Progress
- 5 Axis Ascendency
- 6 The End of the Beginning
- 7 The End in North Africa and the Shipping Crisis
- 8 After North Africa
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The surrender of the remaining German forces in Italy came into effect on 2 May 1945, five days before Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of all German armed forces. This concluded the Allies’ war in the Mediterranean theatre, and post-war efforts transitioned to stabilisation, reconstruction and the construction of a bulwark against Soviet encroachment into the Balkans.1 This was approached through a variety of political, military and economic means. A new alliance was soon forged in the form of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which saw the Mediterranean as its southern flank and a scene of increasing focus for the previously Mediterranean-sceptic Americans.
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- Strangling the AxisThe Fight for Control of the Mediterranean during the Second World War, pp. 198 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020