Chronicles the events in the Mediterranean region during World War II. Includes black-and-white photographs, maps, and a time-line.
General Note
Originally published as v. 4 in The Second World War. Oxford : Osprey, 2002-2003.
Content Note
Chronology -- Background to war : Italian imperialism -- Warring sides : Italian propaganda, German professionalism and Allied industrialization -- Outbreak : a parallel war -- The fighting : in all directions at once -- Portrait of a soldier : a modest hero -- The world around war : politics and war -- Portrait of a civilian : a child in the siege of annihilation : Malta, 1940-43 -- How the war ended : not necessarily in peace -- Conclusion and consequences : the end of empire.