
Road To Rome – Episode 5: Malta
Details the Siege of Malta which occurred from 1940–42. The fight for this strategically important island, then a British colony, pitted the air forces and navies of Italy and Germany against the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. By December of 1942, Allied forces were on the offensive and the road to victory. This victory went on to play a major role in the eventual Allied success in North Africa.