Defending the rock : how Gilbraltar defeated Hitler
Rankin, Nicholas, 1950-2017
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Adolf Hitler's failure to take Gibraltar in 1940 lost him the Second World War. But in truth the formidable Rock, jutting between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, was extraordinarily vulnerable. Every day, ten thousand people crossed its frontier to work, spy, sabotage or escape. It was threatened by Spain, Vichy France, Italy, and Germany. After the USA entered the war, Gibraltar became General Eisenhower's strategic headquarters for the invasion of North Africa and the battle for the Mediterranean.
Main title:
Defending the rock : how Gilbraltar defeated Hitler / Nicholas Rankin.
Author:
Rankin, Nicholas, 1950-, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2017.
Collation:
x, 660 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Map on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571307708 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.534689940.534940.5346
Language:
English
BRN:
4115201