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Uxb Malta: The Most Bombed Place on Earth Hardcover - 2010

by S. A. Hudson


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As the Regia Aeronautica and the Luftwaffe unleashed their full might against the island of Malta, the civilian population was in the eye of the storm. Faced with the terror of the unexploded bomb, the Maltese people looked for help to the Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Section, who dealt with all unexploded bombs, outside of airfields and the RN dockyard, across an area the size of Greater London. Based on official wartime records and personal memoirs, the extraordinary tale unfolds of the challenges they faced -- as the enemy employed every possible weapon in a relentless bombing campaign: 3,000 raids in two years.Through violent winter storms and blazing summer heat, despite interrupted sleep and meagre rations, they battled to reach, excavate and render safe thousands of unexploded bombs. Day after day, and in 1942 hour after hour -- through constant air raids -- they approached live bomb after live bomb, mindful that it could explode at any moment. In the words of one of their number they were 'just doing a job'.

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  • Title Uxb Malta: The Most Bombed Place on Earth
  • Author S. A. Hudson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st printing
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher History Press, Stroud
  • Date 2010
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780752456355 / 0752456350
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Military
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History, World War, 1939-1945 - Malta
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010474629
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.542

About the author

Susan Hudson is a specialist in local history and folklore. She has worked in communications for the heritage industry, including work as a guide-lecturer and writing short publications for historic sites such as the City of Rochester and Chatham Historic Dockyard. She also compiled and presented two local radio series on heritage attractions.
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