Zeitreise nach Malta

Gestern Abend habe ich das Vamirbuch beendet. Es hat mir sehr gut gefallen und war sehr interessant, wenn auch vielleicht zu sehr vom christlichen Standpunkt aus betrachtet. Es war aber wirklich interessant zu lesen, wie sich die Figur des Vampirs im Laufe der Zeit in der Literatur, im Kino und TV verändert hat.

Heute Abend werde ich mich dann nach Malta im Zweiten Weltkrieg begeben. Das Buch habe ich mir ja in Malta gekauft und habe es bereits angelesen, während die Wanne vollgelaufen ist.

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James HOLLAND
Fortress Malta

An Island Under Siege

1940 - 1943

Product Description: In March and April 1942, more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta - smaller than the Isle of Wight - than on the whole of Britain during the first year of the Blitz. Malta had become one of the most strategically important places in the world. From there, the Allies could attack Axis supply lines to North Africa; without it, Rommel would be able to march unchecked into Egypt, Suez and the Middle East. For the Allies this would have catastrophic. As Churchill said, Malta had to be held 'at all costs.' FORTRESS MALTA follows the story through the eyes of those who were there: young men such as twenty-year-old fighter pilot Raoul Daddo-Langlois, anti-aircraft gunner Ken Griffiths, American Art Roscoe and submariner Tubby Crawford - who served on the most successful Allied submarine of the Second World War; cabaret dancer-turned RAF plotter Christina Ratcliffe, and her lover, the brilliant and irrepressible reconnaissance pilot, Adrian Warburton. Their stories and others provide extraordinary first-hand accounts of heroism, resilience, love, and loss, highlighting one of the most remarkable stories of World War II.