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This is a riveting account of the struggle for supremacy in one of the most crucial territories of the Second World War.As a vital route, the Mediterranean Sea quickly became the site of brutal conflict, with unlikely foes and opportunistic allies clashing in titanic battles. This was warfare as never seen before --- modern and high-intensity. And, fought alongside it, was an equally urgent war of propaganda, deception, insurgency and terrorism, where the lines of battle were never clearly defined.In this exhilarating account, Simon Ball draws together the most recent research and newly-released intelligence to untangle the plans and actions of the war's key decision makers.