Against All Odds The Quest For Malta

This historical documentary addresses a subject typically given short shrift in discussions of World War II the role of Malta in pivotal Second World War battles The program argues that because of the islands key location sandwiched as it is inbetween Southern Europe and Northern Africa it inevitably impeded Axis and Allied reinforcement deliveries time and again As a result the Maltese people found themselves caught in the middle of a crossfire when they had virtually nothing to do with the war itself and suffered immensely for their geographic placement In telling this seldomheard story the program draws on firstperson interviews CGI animations and dramatic recreations