Speciale Aanbieding Brandenburgers: The Third Reich’s Special Forces (Spearhead, No. 13) – Ian Westwell

Situated between Sicily and the North African Coast, the Mediterranean island of Malta was, from the early 19th century, a British territory.
Malta’s importance to the British Empire and to the cause of freedom was never greater than during World War 2, when its location made it of vital strategic importance to both Britain and to the Axis forces. Located ideally for the British to disrupt German and Italian convoys to North Africa, the loss of the island would have fundamentally altered Britain’s chances of…