Malta

Spitfires over Malta

The bombed Opera House in Valetta.It remains this way today.The bombing of the tiny island fortress was intense and this suffering can be brought into perspective by a series of comparisons:
-in a 24 hour period on 20/21st march 1942 ,295 tons of bombs fell on Ta'Qali airbase,making it the most bombed allied airfield ever.
-6.728 tons of bombs fell on Malta  in april,= 36 times the amount to fall on Coventry.
-3.156 tons were dropped over Valetta harbour in april 1942.
-In march and april 1942 more bombs were dropped on Malta than fell on London during the entire Blitz.
-There were 154 days of continuous raids in comparison to Londons 57 .