A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham: A Twentieth Century Naval Leader

by Michael Simpson and Michael K. Simpson

Book Overview

Cunningham was the best-known and most celebrated British admiral of the Second World War. He held one of the two major fleet commands between 1939 and 1942, and in 1942-43, he was Allied naval commander for the great amphibious operations in the Mediterranean. From 1943 to 1946, he was the First Sea Lord and a participant in the wartime conferences with Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt and the US Chiefs of Staff, deliberating the global strategy for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714651974
• ISBN13: 9780714651972
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"