
Malta, Rommel and North Africa 1940-43
Explaining History
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A History of the Mediterranean
Malta was the only offshore outpost in the central mediterranean from which the axis routes to north africa could be interdicted. It faced three years of siege, almost under almost continuous bombardment from nearby sicily at times an island. The island became unserviceable as an offensive base for submarines and surface ships but it remained a vitalnd, vital earnest of britain's will to fightHitler blundered by fam sease malter in 19 forty one. Since then, the constant bombing of airborn forces should be used against crete rather than malta because he feared allied raids on pluesti oil fields. This is huge talk about hitler's
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