Malta 1940–42: The Axis' Air Battle for Mediterranean Supremacy
Ryan K. Noppen
In 1940, the strategically vital island of Malta was Britain's last toehold in the central Mediterranean, wreaking havoc among Axis shipping. Launching an air campaign to knock Malta out of the war, first Italy and then Germany sought to force a surrender or reduce the defences enough to allow an invasion. Drawing on original documents, multilingual aviation analyst Ryan Noppen explains how technical and tactical problems caused the original Italian air campaign of 1940-41 to fail, and then how the German intervention came close to knocking Malta out of the war. Using stunning full color artwork, this fascinating book explains why the attempt by the Axis powers to take the British colony of Malta ultimately failed.
卷:
4
年:
2018
出版:
1
出版社:
Osprey Publishing
语言:
english
页:
96
ISBN 10:
1472820614
ISBN 13:
9781472820617
系列:
Osprey Air Campaign
文件:
PDF, 14.16 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2018