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The Santa Marija Convoy: Faith and Endurance in Wartime Malta, 1940-1942

The Santa Marija Convoy: Faith and Endurance in Wartime Malta, 1940-1942

Castillo, Dennis

Hardcover

General European HistoryGeneral World HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 0739128957
ISBN13: 9780739128954
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Dec 30 2011
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.99 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.32
Language: English

Malta is one of the smallest nations in the world, yet has one of the longest histories of any country. During World War II, Malta played a key role in the Mediterranean campaign, its submarines, light surface forces, and aircrafts destroying supplies desperately needed by Rommel's forces in North Africa. The price the Maltese paid for this effort was the most sustained and intensive bombing campaign in the war, enduring over 130 tons of bombs per square mile. This, compounded by the Axis blockade that attempted to starve Malta into surrender, set the stage for numerous convoy battles, the most dramatic being Operation Pedestal, in which over 40 British warships escorting 14 merchant ships to Malta.

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