Angus Konstam Second Sirte 1942 review, recensie en informatie boek over de wanhopige strijd om Malta te bevrijden. Op 17 juli 2025 verschijnt bij Osprey Publishing het boek van historicus Angus Konstam over de strijd om Malta tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in 1942. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.
Angus Konstam Second Sirte 1942 review en recensie
Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van Second Sitre 1942, The Desperate Battle to Relieve Malta, het boek geschreven door Angus konstam, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.
Second Sitre 1942
The Desperate Battle to Relieve Malta
- Auteur: Angus Konstam (Engeland)
- Soort boek: oorlogsgeschiedenis van Malta
- Taal: Engelse
- Uitgever: Osprey Publishing
- Verschijnt: 17 juli 2025
- Omvang: 96 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 16,99 / £ 13,59
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek over de strijd om Malta te bevrijden in 1942
The Second Battle of Sirte was a key naval clash in the Mediterranean, and a vital moment in the struggle for Malta’s survival.
Malta was the key to the hard-fought naval campaign being waged in the Mediterranean, a link in the vital Axis supply lines between Italy and North Africa. Struggling under a sustained Axis bombing campaign, Malta depended on convoys of supplies to survive. Axis air formations dominated the skies, making any attempt to relieve the island extremely hazardous.
In December 1941, a convoy from the east led to an inconclusive clash with the Italians at the First Battle of Sirte. In late March 1942, the situation escalated. The decisive clash came on the afternoon of 22 March, when British destroyers launched a series of torpedo attacks against Italian ships. At dawn, Axis aircraft appeared and a series of intense air attacks followed. Although three of the convoy’s four ships reached Malta, they were sunk days later. Still, it was enough to buy Malta the time it needed to remain in the fight.
This highly illustrated title by renowned naval historian Angus Konstam demonstrates the importance of radar, intelligence and airpower, and above all determination and grit in the face of a superior enemy.
Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.