In 1940, the strategically vital island of Malta was Britain\'s last toehold in the central Mediterranean, wreaking havoc among Axis shipping.
Drawing on original documents, multilingual aviation analyst Ryan Noppen explains how technical and tactical problems caused the original Italian air campaign of 1940-41 to fail, and.
Launching an air campaign to knock Malta out of the war, first Italy and then Germany sought to force a surrender or reduce the defenses enough to allow an invasion.
In 1940, the strategically vital island of Malta was Britain\'s last toehold in the central Mediterranean, wreaking havoc among Axis shipping