Description: Further DetailsTitle: Fortress MaltaCondition: NewEAN: 9780304366545ISBN: 9780304366545Publisher: Cassell MilitaryFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/20/2009Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 130mmItem Width: 38mmItem Weight: 400gAuthor: James HollandLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: An Island Under Siege 1940-1943ISBN-10: 0304366544Description: The extraordinary drama of Malta's WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were there.In March and April 1942, more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta - smaller than the Isle of Wight - than on the whole of Britain during the first year of the Blitz. Malta had become one of the most strategically important places in the world. From there, the Allies could attack Axis supply lines to North Africa; without it, Rommel would be able to march unchecked into Egypt, Suez and the Middle East. For the Allies this would have been catastrophic. As Churchill said, Malta had to be held 'at all costs'.FORTRESS MALTA follows the story through the eyes of those who were there: young men such as twenty-year-old fighter pilot Raoul Daddo-Langlois, anti-aircraft gunner Ken Griffiths, American Art Roscoe and submariner Tubby Crawford - who served on the most successful Allied submarine of the Second World War; cabaret dancer-turned RAF plotter Christina Ratcliffe, and her lover, the brilliant and irrepressible reconnaissance pilot, Adrian Warburton. Their stories and others provide extraordinary first-hand accounts of heroism, resilience, love, and loss, highlighting one of the most remarkable stories of World War II.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryBook Series: W&N MilitaryTopic: Military History, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Fortress Malta
Publication Name: Fortress Malta
Title: Fortress Malta
EAN: 9780304366545
ISBN: 9780304366545
Publisher: Cassell Military
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 08/20/2009
Release Year: 2009
Item Height: 196mm
Item Length: 130mm
Item Width: 38mm
Item Weight: 400g
Author: James Holland
Language: English
Subtitle: An Island Under Siege 1940-1943
ISBN-10: 0304366544
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Series: W&N Military
Topic: Law & Politics
