ABSTRACT

This book presents an account of the life of naval commander Andrew Cunningham, the best-known and most celebrated British admiral of the Second World War. It supplements Cunningham's papers by Cabinet and Admiralty records, papers of his service contemporaries and of Churchill.

chapter 1|5 pages

Apprenticed to the Queen’s Navy

1883–1908

chapter 3|12 pages

Cowan’s Protégé

1919–33

chapter 4|13 pages

The Mediterranean: Challenges and Crises

1934–39

chapter 5|16 pages

The Finest Appointment: The Mediterranean Fleet

June 1939–June 1940

chapter 6|21 pages

Mussolini’s War

June–December 1940

chapter 7|27 pages

Triumph into Tragedy

January–May 1941

chapter 8|21 pages

The Caged Tiger

June 1941–April 1942

chapter 9|6 pages

King and the King’s Navy

June–October 1942

chapter 10|22 pages

Return to North Africa

October 1942–May 1943

chapter 11|11 pages

The Invasion of Sicily

May–August 1943

chapter 12|7 pages

The Invasion of Italy

September–October 1943

chapter 13|15 pages

Becoming First Sea Lord

October 1943–June 1944

chapter 14|21 pages

The Pinnacle of a Career

June 1944–May 1946

chapter 15|10 pages

Facing the Future

January 1945–June 1946

chapter 16|8 pages

The Long Ebb Tide

June 1946–June 1963