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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castillo, Dennis A. (Dennis Angelo), 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Malta.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects.

Malta--History--Siege, 1940-1943.

Malta.

Malta--Religion--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-29213-5

1-283-43277-3

9786613432773

0-7391-2896-5

OCLC:

772845792