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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/103814| Title: | Siege Conditions in Malta 1940-1942 |
| Other Titles: | Inter-allied conferences on war medicine 1942-1945, convened by the Royal Society of Medicine |
| Authors: | Dixon, H. B. F. |
| Keywords: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Malta Malta -- History -- Siege, 1940-1943 Fortification -- Malta -- History Malta -- Social conditions World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Malta World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1947 |
| Publisher: | Staples Press Limited |
| Citation: | Dixon, H. B. F. (1947). Siege conditions in Malta 1940-1942. In: Letheby Tidy, H. & Browne Kutschbach, J. M. (eds.) Inter-allied conferences on war medicine 1942-1945, convened by the Royal Society of Medicine (pp. 293-298). London : Staples Press Limited. |
| Abstract: | Although the Island had been on a war footing since 1939, it was always felt, certainly by the Maltese, that Italy would not come into the war, and the first bombing which took place at 7 a.m. On June 10 was a complete surprise to them - they certainly never realized that war would be like this. Civilian casualties on that morning. were 23 killed and 110 wounded but only 7 military casualties. The bombing caused a sort of 'primary shock' and there was a wholesale exodus from the dockyard area. Malta was generally ill-prepared for war, including its siege defences and medical service. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/103814 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCMsGen |
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