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200 14$aThe Santa Marija convoy$b[electronic resource] $efaith and endurance in wartime Malta, 1940-1942 /$fDennis A. Castillo
210   $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2012
215   $a1 online resource (273 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7391-2895-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. The Maltese Islands; Chapter 02. The Faith; Chapter 03. Malta and Britain; Chapter 04. The War Begins; Chapter 05. The First Raids; Chapter 06. The Italian Phase; Chapter 07. Doom's Day; Chapter 08. Defying the "Phooey"; Chapter 09. The Angels of Doom; Chapter 10. The Summer of 1942; Chapter 11. The Santa Marija Convoy; Chapter 12. " . . . we got there at last"; Chapter 13. Dona Nobis Pacem; Bibliography; Index
330   $aDuring 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, remembered on 
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606   $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xReligious aspects
607   $aMalta$xHistory$ySiege, 1940-1943
607   $aMalta$xReligion$y20th century
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