Malta Strikes Back, by R.t. Gilchrist
Author | : R. t Gilchrist |
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Release | : 1945 |
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Author | : R. t Gilchrist |
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Release | : 1945 |
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Author | : Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Infantry Brigades. 231st Infantry Brigade |
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1946 |
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Author | : R. T. Gilchrist |
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Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2019-01-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781783314515 |
Written by the Brigade Intelligence Officer, this account covers the Defence of Malta, training in North Africa, then assault landings and subsequent fighting in Sicily and Italy. This is a good Brigade History for the Mediterranean theatre of war.
Author | : R. T. Gilchrist |
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Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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231 Infantry Brigade(UK) var også kendt som Malta Infantry Brigade og Southern Infantry Brigade og 1st(Malta) Infantry Brigade. Bogen beskriver brigadens historie under 2. Verdenskrig, fra selve Malta, Nordafrika, Ægypten og over til kampene på Sicilien i forbindelse med invasionen af Italien.
Author | : James Douglas-Hamilton |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2007-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 178159788X |
This book provides an intriguing and realistic account of the struggle for the possession of Malta during World War II. The air battle raged for two and a half years during which time 14,000 tons of bombs were dropped on a defiant population.The history is based on the diaries of Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, the author's uncle, who was the leader of a Spitfire squadron that defended the island during the worst of the crisis.
Author | : Douglas Austin |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2010-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445620391 |
The meticulously researched account of the defence of Malta and its role, importance and contribution to the Allied effort during WW2.
Author | : David G. Williamson |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2007-07-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1781597235 |
This WWII military study sheds new light on the legendary Siege of Malta, combining a detailed narrative with provocative strategic analysis. The heroic defense of Malta against the Axis powers is one of the most famous episodes of the Second World War. For more than two years this tiny island was the critical to maintaining control of the Mediterranean and essential to the outcome of the North African campaign. David Williamson, in this thought-provoking reassessment, examines the strategy underpinning British determination to hold on to the island. Expertly researched and vividly detailed, Malta Besieged sheds new light on the motives for persisting with such a costly defense against huge odds. he also explores the question of the islanders’ loyalty to the British crown. His incisive analysis takes account of the tactics employed by both sides, the political thinking and decision-making at the highest levels and the grim reality of the destruction and suffering on the ground.
Author | : Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty |
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Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1955 |
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Author | : Richard Suchenwirth |
Publisher | : M A/A H Publishing |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : S A M Hudson |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2011-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752478036 |
As the Regia Aeronautica and the Luftwaffe unleashed their full might against the island of Malta, the civilian population was in the eye of the storm. Faced with the terror of the unexploded bomb, the Maltese people looked for help to the Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Section, who dealt with all unexploded bombs, outside of airfields and the RN dockyard, across an area the size of Greater London. Based on official wartime records and personal memoirs, the extraordinary tale unfolds of the challenges they faced — as the enemy employed every possible weapon in a relentless bombing campaign: 3,000 raids in two years. Through violent winter storms and blazing summer heat, despite interrupted sleep and meagre rations, they battled to reach, excavate and render safe thousands of unexploded bombs. Day after day, and in 1942 hour after hour — through constant air raids — they approached live bomb after live bomb, mindful that it could explode at any moment. In the words of one of their number they were 'just doing a job'.