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Fortress Malta
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Author : James Holland
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-01-31
Fortress Malta written by James Holland and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-31 with History categories.
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.
Fortress Malta
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Author : James Holland
language : en
Publisher: Miramax
Release Date : 2003-09-24
Fortress Malta written by James Holland and has been published by Miramax this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-24 with History categories.
A riveting account of one of the great, little-known stories of World War II--the siege of Malta. 16-page photo insert.
Fortress Island Malta
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Author : Peter Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
Release Date : 2016
Fortress Island Malta written by Peter Jacobs and has been published by Pen and Sword Aviation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
* Relays the extraordinary story of the heroic defence and re-supply of the Fortress Island of Malta during the longest siege in British history. * Illustrates the full significance of Malta within the context of the Second World War. * Supplemented by an array of thoughtfully selected photographs.
Fortress Islands Malta
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Author : Peter Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-01-31
Fortress Islands Malta written by Peter Jacobs and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-31 with History categories.
The introduction of Italy into the Second World War on 10 June 1940 signalled the start of the siege of Malta, and for the next two and a half years the Axis powers did all they could to batter the small island into submission. Maltas defences were initially verging on non-existent but the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, could not give up on the island. Laying at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, where the supply route between Italy and the Axis armies in Libya crossed the Allied sea route between Gibraltar and Alexandria, almost exactly at its mid-point, Malta was strategically too important and held the key to the door of the desert war being fought in North Africa.If Malta could be held then it would allow British forces to maintain an offensive capability in the Mediterranean and prevent Axis supplies from reaching North Africa. But everything needed to fight a campaign people, food, fuel, ammunition, medical stores, aircraft and spares would have to be delivered to Malta in sufficient numbers and on a regular basis. It would take a monumental air and maritime effort just to survive, let alone hit back, and to manage both would require those in command to carefully balance Maltas precious and limited resources. Otherwise, it meant surrender and who knows what the outcome of the Second World War might have been had the island fallen. Here, the accomplished military author Peter Jacobs tells the extraordinary story of the heroic defence and re-supply of the Fortress Island of Malta during the longest siege in British history.Links End Links Author
Fortress Islands Malta Defence Re Supply During The Siege
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Fortress Islands Malta Defence Re Supply During The Siege written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with HISTORY categories.
A History Of The Fortress Of Malta
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Author : Whitworth Porter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
A History Of The Fortress Of Malta written by Whitworth Porter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with Fortification categories.
The Fortifications Of Malta 1530 1945
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Author : Charles Stephenson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-11-20
The Fortifications Of Malta 1530 1945 written by Charles Stephenson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-20 with History categories.
The Island of Malta occupies a pivotal position in the Mediterranean, forming an outpost between North Africa and the soft underbelly of Europe. Such has been its strategic importance throughout the years that it has become one of the most fortified places in the world. Following the successful defence of the island during the Great Siege of 1565, the Knights Hospitaller built new walls and fortifications. These defences failed when Napoleon occupied Malta in 1798, and the island was retaken by the British in 1800. From this point onwards, Malta's defences were modernised throughout the 19th century and the island's final test came during World War II. This book examines all these different styles of fortification from the 16th to the 20th century.
Malta
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Author : Ian Sciortino
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Malta written by Ian Sciortino and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Malta categories.
The Great Siege Malta 1565
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Author : Ernle Bradford
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-04-01
The Great Siege Malta 1565 written by Ernle Bradford and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with History categories.
The indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire’s Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar. In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was thought to be invincible. Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman sultan, had expanded his empire from western Asia to southeastern Europe and North Africa. To secure control of the Mediterranean between these territories and launch an offensive into western Europe, Suleiman needed the small but strategically crucial island of Malta. But Suleiman’s attempt to take the island from the Holy Roman Empire’s Knights of St. John would emerge as one of the most famous and brutal military defeats in history. Forty-two years earlier, Suleiman had been victorious against the Knights of St. John when he drove them out of their island fortress at Rhodes. Believing he would repeat this victory, the sultan sent an armada to Malta. When they captured Fort St. Elmo, the Ottoman forces ruthlessly took no prisoners. The Roman grand master La Vallette responded by having his Ottoman captives beheaded. Then the battle for Malta began in earnest: no quarter asked, none given. Ernle Bradford’s compelling and thoroughly researched account of the Great Siege of Malta recalls not just an epic battle, but a clash of civilizations unlike anything since the time of Alexander the Great. It is “a superior, readable treatment of an important but little-discussed epic from the Renaissance past . . . An astonishing tale” (Kirkus Reviews).
The End Of An Island Fortress Malta 1979
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Author : Patrick Mangion
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979*
The End Of An Island Fortress Malta 1979 written by Patrick Mangion and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979* with Malta categories.