Battle for Malta

While being small, the island of Malta’s importance to the ultimate destiny of World War 2 is hugely significant. It was of vital strategic importance and became a life and death struggle between the stretched defensive forces and the might of the Axis powers. Constantly threatened by blockade and by diminishing numbers of fighting men and materiel, Malta’s survival against the odds was a beacon to war-torn Britain and was marked by the granting of the George Cross to the whole island. After highly successful books covering the Channel Islands and Crete, George Forty now turns his attention to Malta and looks at the siege from both the Allied and Axis point of view. Using first-hand accounts, revealing historic photographs, information from veterans’ associations from both sides and from residents of Malta, he provides an enthralling account of one of the most critical phases of World War 2.

George Forty
Hardcover 160 pages 2003