CHAPTER XIX

THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS

1st January - 31st May, 1943

 


FOOTNOTES

1. See Churchill, Vol. IV, Chapter XXXVIII for a full account of the Casablanca Conference.
2. Churchill op. cit. p. 613.
3. See Map 31 (opp. P. 313). On 1st June 1943 the boundary between the Mediterranean and Levant command areas was moved still further east, from 16° to 20° East.
4. See Map 31 (opp. p. 313).
5. See Appendix J for details.
6. See Appendix J for details.
7. See pp. 372-377.
8. See pp. 57-58.
9. See pp. 75 and 340.
10. See p. 407.
11. The offensive force consisted of Nos. 39, 40, 46, 69, 89, 104, 227 and 272 Squadrons of the R.A.F. The fighter Squadrons were Nos. 23, 126, 185, 229 and 249.
12. See Vol. I, pp. 425, 438-9, 524-6 and pp. 75 and 342 of this volume.
13. The other six British submarines sunk in the Mediterranean in this phase were:
P-311 - Presumed mined about 2nd January.
Tigris - Probably mined west of Sicilian Channel in March.
Thunderbolt - Sunk by Italian corvette Cicogna off Sicily, 13th March.
Regent - Probably mined southern Adriatic, April.
Splendid - Sunk by German (ex Greek) destroyer Hermes off Capri, 21st April.
Sahib - Sunk by Italian corvette Gabbiano off north Sicily, 24th April.
14. ME Convoys ran from Malta to the east, MW to Malta from the east.
15. See p. 271.
16. See Map 31 (opp. p. 313).
17. See pp. 342-343.
18. For an account of this attack and of the subsequent escape of one of the 'chariot' crews see Warren and Benson Above us the Waves. (Harrap, 1953) pp. 94-103.
19. Sheer-legs. 'A hoisting apparatus of two or more poles attached at or near the top and separated at the bottom for masting ships or putting in engines, etc., used in dockyards or on sheer-hulk . . . ' (Concise Oxford Dictionary).
20. See pp. 309-310.
21. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery El Alamein to the River Sangro. (Hutchinson and Co.) p. 37.
22. Churchill, Vol. IV, p. 644.
23. See p. 432 and fn (1).
24. See Vol. I, p. 69.
25. See p. 398.
26. See p. 400.
27. See Map 31 (opp. p. 313).
28. Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. A Sailor's Odyssey pp. 529-530
29. See Map 31 (opp. p. 313).
30. See Map 31 (opp. p. 313).
31. See Vol. I, p. 437.
32. See Vol. I, p. 2.


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