About the Author

Vincent P. O’Hara is an independent scholar and the author of five books including On Seas Contested: the Seven Great Navies of the Second World War (2010) and The Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean 1940-1945 (2009). Mr. O’Hara’s work appears in periodicals and annuals including Warship, MHQ, World War II Quarterly and Storia Militare. He holds a history degree from the University of California, Berkeley