Bf 109 Aces of North Africa and the Mediterranean (Aircraft of the Aces)
Contributors: Chris Davey (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: October 17, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781855324480
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; European history: Second World War; History of specific subjects; Weapons & equipment; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - Aviation; Military Aircraft - World War II; Technology & Industrial Arts; History: World; Europe; Mediterranean Sea; North Africa; Military Science; History / Military / Aviation; Biography; Aerial operations, German; Fighter pilots; Germany; Personal narratives, German; World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: Having declared war on Britain and France on 11 June 1940, Benito Mussolini began an immediate air offensive to knock out the island of Malta, a British base vital to any plans to wage war in Middle East.