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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/103962| Title: | Malta at war |
| Authors: | Great Britain. Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Keywords: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Malta -- History World War, 1914-1918 -- Malta -- History Cemeteries -- Malta Malta -- History -- Siege, 1940-1943 War cemeteries -- Malta War memorials -- Malta World War, 1939-1945 -- Monuments |
| Issue Date: | n.d. |
| Publisher: | Berkshire : Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Citation: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission, [n.d.]. Malta at war. Berkshire: Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
| Abstract: | A British colony from 1814 to 1964, Malta had been the 'Nurse of the Mediterranean' during the First World War for 135,000 Commonwealth sick and wounded who were brought to her many hospitals and convalescent depots from the campaigns in Gallipoli and Salonika. Fortified and garrisoned during the Second World War, Malta was of vital strategic importance to the Allies, both as the only British-held harbour between Gibraltar and Alexandria and, perhaps more crucially, as a base for air and submarine operations against Axis convoys supplying North Africa. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/103962 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCMSMA |
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission_Malta at War.pdf | 2.72 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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