0571307701 
Hardback Defending the rock : how Gilbraltar defeated Hitler / Nicholas Rankin.
Publication year: 2017
Language: English
Media type Hardback
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780571307708 (hbk.) :
Notes:
Map on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extent: x, 660 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (blac
Available: 0
Total number of loans: 1
Loans this year: 0
Number of reservations: 0
Description:
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.
Available at:
