Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Andrew Hargreaves , Patrick Rose and Matthew Ford -- 1 Coalition Air-Land Doctrine in the North African Campaign / James Hudson -- 2 A Blueprint for Success / Ross Mahoney -- 3 The Fusion of the North African armée de l’air and the FAFL after Operation TORCH, November 1942 – May 1944 / Paul Lemaire -- 4 “When Opportunity Arises” / John Greenacre -- 5 Rearguard Action / Kevin Jones -- 6 Indian Army Training for the Italian Campaign and Lessons Learnt / Alan Jeffreys -- 7 Learning on the Job / Cesar Campiani Maximiano -- 8 The Quartermaster Corps in the Mediterranean / Grant T. Weller -- 9 British Army Communications in North Africa and Italy from Operation TORCH to the Capture of Rome / Simon Godfrey -- 10 Failures in Command and Control / Christopher Mann -- 11 Reassessing British Army Command / Patrick Rose -- 12 Learning to Exploit Depth / Andrew Hargreaves -- Conclusion / Andrew Hargreaves , Patrick Rose and Matthew Ford -- Index / Andrew L. Hargreaves , Patrick J. Rose and Matthew C. Ford.

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Allied Fighting Effectiveness in North Africa and Italy, 1942-1945 offers a collection of scholarly papers focusing on heretofore understudied aspects of the Second World War. Encompassing the major campaigns of North Africa, Sicily and Italy from operation TORCH to the end of the war in Europe, this volume explores the intriguing dichotomy of the nature of battle in the Mediterranean theatre, whilst helping to emphasise its significance to the study of Second Word War military history. The chapters, written by a number of international scholars, offer a discussion of a range of subjects, including: logistics, the air-land battle, coalition operations, doctrine and training, command, control and communications, and airborne and special forces. Contributors are Matthew C. Ford, Simon Godfrey, John Greenacre, Andrew L. Hargreaves, James Hudson, Alan Jeffreys, Kevin Jones, Paul Lemaire, Ross Mahoney, Christopher Mann, Cesar Campiani Maximiano, Patrick J. Rose, and Grant T. Weller.