Defending the Rock

Defending the Rock
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 581
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ISBN-10 : 9780571307739
ISBN-13 : 0571307736
Rating : 4/5 (736 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Defending the Rock by : Nicholas Rankin

Download or read book Defending the Rock written by Nicholas Rankin and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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