Douglas Austin

Malta and British Strategic Policy, 1925-43 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book uses official records to show that Malta, far from being written off, was developed in the inter-war years as a British offensive base, and that the island's air and naval forces made a major contribution to Allied victory in North Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135769383
• Artikelnr.: 38245760

Autorenporträt

Douglas Austin was born in Malta and served in the RAF before a career in banking in New York and London. In 2002 he gained a Ph.D at University College, London in military history.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Base at Malta in the 1920s 2. The Failure to Strengthen Malta's
Defences, 1930-35 3. Malta in the Abyssinian Crisis, 1935-36 4. Prelude to
War, 1936-39 5. Final Preparations for War 6. The Threat of Invasion 7. The
Initial Onslaught 8. The German Intervention in the Mediterranean 1941 9.
Malta's Contribution to 'Crusader' 10. The 1942 Siege of Malta 11. Malta's
Contribution to the Recovery of North Africa 12. Conclusion