Anthony Rogers grew up on Malta and later served there in the Royal Marines. A keen military historian, he is the author of several books focusing on events that occurred in and around the Mediterranean during the Second World War.Graham Turner has illustrated a large number of books for Osprey, covering subjects from the dress of the 10th-century armies of the Caliphates, through the action of bloody medieval battles, to the daily life of the British Redcoat of the late 18th century.

Great history well told an all-round excellent read.

• IntroductionChronologyOPPOSING COMMANDERSBritishAxisOPPOSING FORCESBritishAxisOPPOSING PLANSTHE BATTLEStart of the air warFirst naval surface engagementsOperation ‘Hurry’Malta ConvoysOperation ‘Excess’ and the ‘Illustrious Blitz’Messerschmitt Bf 109s join battleSpring–summer, 1941Italian seaborne attack on Grand HarbourAutumn, 1941Destruction of ‘Maestrale’ ConvoyEarly U-Boat operationsReturn of the LuftwaffeSchnellboot operationsSpitfires join battle‘M.W.10’April, 1942‘C3’/‘Herkules’May, 19423.SchnellbootflottilleAxis clandestine operationsOperation ‘Julius’Operation ‘Pedestal’Autumn 1942 and the final Axis offensiveSummaryThe Battlefield TodayAcronyms and AbbreviationsBibliographyIndex

Anthony Rogers grew up on Malta and later served there in the Royal Marines. A keen military historian, he is the author of several books focusing on events that occurred in and around the Mediterranean during the Second World War.Graham Turner has illustrated a large number of books for Osprey, covering subjects from the dress of the 10th-century armies of the Caliphates, through the action of bloody medieval battles, to the daily life of the British Redcoat of the late 18th century.

Great history well told an all-round excellent read.

• IntroductionChronologyOPPOSING COMMANDERSBritishAxisOPPOSING FORCESBritishAxisOPPOSING PLANSTHE BATTLEStart of the air warFirst naval surface engagementsOperation ‘Hurry’Malta ConvoysOperation ‘Excess’ and the ‘Illustrious Blitz’Messerschmitt Bf 109s join battleSpring–summer, 1941Italian seaborne attack on Grand HarbourAutumn, 1941Destruction of ‘Maestrale’ ConvoyEarly U-Boat operationsReturn of the LuftwaffeSchnellboot operationsSpitfires join battle‘M.W.10’April, 1942‘C3’/‘Herkules’May, 19423.SchnellbootflottilleAxis clandestine operationsOperation ‘Julius’Operation ‘Pedestal’Autumn 1942 and the final Axis offensiveSummaryThe Battlefield TodayAcronyms and AbbreviationsBibliographyIndex

Anthony Rogers grew up on Malta and later served there in the Royal Marines. A keen military historian, he is the author of several books focusing on events that occurred in and around the Mediterranean during the Second World War.Graham Turner has illustrated a large number of books for Osprey, covering subjects from the dress of the 10th-century armies of the Caliphates, through the action of bloody medieval battles, to the daily life of the British Redcoat of the late 18th century.

Great history well told an all-round excellent read.

• IntroductionChronologyOPPOSING COMMANDERSBritishAxisOPPOSING FORCESBritishAxisOPPOSING PLANSTHE BATTLEStart of the air warFirst naval surface engagementsOperation ‘Hurry’Malta ConvoysOperation ‘Excess’ and the ‘Illustrious Blitz’Messerschmitt Bf 109s join battleSpring–summer, 1941Italian seaborne attack on Grand HarbourAutumn, 1941Destruction of ‘Maestrale’ ConvoyEarly U-Boat operationsReturn of the LuftwaffeSchnellboot operationsSpitfires join battle‘M.W.10’April, 1942‘C3’/‘Herkules’May, 19423.SchnellbootflottilleAxis clandestine operationsOperation ‘Julius’Operation ‘Pedestal’Autumn 1942 and the final Axis offensiveSummaryThe Battlefield TodayAcronyms and AbbreviationsBibliographyIndex