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HistorianJamesHollandpresentsafreshanalysisoftheWorldWarTwobattleforthetinyMediterraneanislandofMalta.<br/> TheBattleforMaltaisoneofthemostviciousandviolentepisodesoftheSecondWorldWar.ThetinyMediterraneanislandissmallerthantheIsleofWight,yetbetween1940and1942morebombsfellonMaltathanfellonBritainduringtheentireBlitz.AsAxisforcesthrewalltheyhadattheisland,thoseonMaltawereforcedtoendureasustainedattackfromtheairandarapidlydeterioratingconditionontheground.Beyondanyformofausteritythatwemightunderstand,littleMaltawasclosetostarving.ThestruggleoftheMaltesepeopleagainstoppressionwasrecognisedpersonallybyKingGeorgeVI,whoawardedtheGeorgeCrosstotheentireisland.YettheSiegeofMaltaisonlyhalfofthestory.<br/> Inthisdocumentary,HollandarguesthattherealimportanceofMalta'spositionwasitsoffensiverole,whichhasbeenlargelyundervalued.<br/> CaughtinthecrosshairsofamassivestrugglebetweenBritainandGermanytocontroltheshippingwatersoftheMediterranean,by1942MaltahadbecomethemostbombedplaceonEarth.Whilstthelevelofbrutalattacksmayseemoutofallproportiontotheislandssizeitactuallyonlyservestounderlineitsimportance-forMaltaheldthekeytotheentirewarintheMediterraneanandNorthAfrica.
