The long and dramatic battle for Malta began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war on the Allies and the decision of the Axis powers to subdue the island in order to control the Mediterranean. For both Allies and Axis, therefore, Malta was crucial.

Malta: The Hurricane Years provides an enormously detailed day-by-day account of the ferocious air battles over land and sea until the end of December 1941.

Research has taken over ten years as the authors have pieced together information gleaned from official records, surviving participants or relatives, military and non-military personnel. They reveal as complete a picture is a possible.

This book is an undoubted contribution to knowledge with many hitherto unpublished photographs and is an essential addition to the library of any military historian, aviation specialist and enthusiast.

Reviews

"It will change all your concepts of the battle for Malta!" Wingspan

"A treatise of scholarship" Air International