Malta Convoys, 1940-1943 (Hardcover)

by Richard Woodman (Author)

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Hardcover: 532 pages
Publisher: Hushion House; illustrated edition edition (Jan 1 1981)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0719557534
ISBN-13: 978-0719557538
Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 15.9 x 4.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
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'Malta became a central symbol of British tactical defiance...the sufferings of the Navy in supplying it make shocking reading' -- Max Hastings

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From the day Mussolini's Italy declared war on Britain in June 1940, the island of Malta was under siege. Its strategic importance was obvious to both sides, standing as it did in the central Mediterranean, athwart the supply route between Italy and the Axis armies in North Africa. It had therefore to be bombed out of existence by the Axis powers, and preserved at all costs by the British. This is a review of the contest of air-power against sea-power, written by a professional sea-farer. It emphasizes the part played by the Merchant Navy.