Defending the Rock

How Gibraltar Defeated Hitler

Nonfiction, History, Military
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Author: Nicholas Rankin ISBN: 9780571307739
Publisher: Faber & Faber Publication: September 5, 2017
Imprint: Faber & Faber Language: English
Author: Nicholas Rankin
ISBN: 9780571307739
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication: September 5, 2017
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Language: English

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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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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