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The Santa Marija convoy : faith and endurance in wartime Malta, 1940-1942 / / Dennis A. Castillo



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Autore: Castillo Dennis A (Dennis Angelo), <1958-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Santa Marija convoy : faith and endurance in wartime Malta, 1940-1942 / / Dennis A. Castillo Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina: 940.54/21585
Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Malta
World War, 1939-1945 - Religious aspects
Soggetto geografico: Malta History Siege, 1940-1943
Malta Religion 20th century
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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, remembered on
Titolo autorizzato: The Santa Marija convoy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-43277-3
9786613432773
0-7391-2896-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822843503321
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