DEFENDING THE ROCK: HOW GIBRALTAR DEFEATED HITLER
Book ID/图书代码： 04560017C00052
English Summary/英文概要： Two months before he shot himself, Adolf Hitler saw where it had all gone wrong. By failing to seize Gibraltar in the summer of 1940, he lost the war.
The Rock of Gibraltar, a pillar of British sea-power since 1704, looked formidable but was extraordinarily vulnerable. Though menaced on all sides by Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Vichy France and Francoist Spain, every day Gibraltar had to let thousands of people cross its frontier to work. Among them came spies and saboteurs, eager to blow up its 25 miles of secret tunnels. In 1942, Gibraltar became US General Eisenhower’s HQ for the invasion of North Africa, the campaign that led to Allied victory in the Mediterranean.
Nicholas Rankin’s revelatory new book, whose cast of characters includes Haile Selassie, Anthony Burgess and General Sikorski, sets Gibraltar in the wider context of the struggle against fascism, from Abyssinia through the Spanish Civil War. It also chronicles the end of empire and the rise to independence of the Gibraltarian people.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在阿道夫•希特勒开枪自杀前两个月，他意识到到处都出了问题。1940年夏天，由于未能占领直布罗陀，他输掉了这场战争。
1704年以来，直布罗陀海峡是英国海上力量的支柱，它看起来很强大，但实际却异常脆弱。尽管受到纳粹德国、法西斯意大利、维希法国和西班牙的西班牙的威胁，直布罗陀每天都要让成千上万的人穿越边境去工作。其中有间谍和破坏分子，他们渴望炸毁25英里的秘密隧道。1942年，直布罗陀成为美国艾森•豪威尔将军入侵北非的总部，这一战役为盟军在地中海地区迎来胜利。
尼古拉斯•兰金的新书，包括安东尼•伯吉斯、海尔•塞拉西一世和西科尔斯基将军在内的人物，在与法西斯主义斗争的更广泛背景下，在西班牙内战中，从阿比西尼亚的斗争中，把直布罗陀人放在了更大的背景下。它还记载了帝国的终结和对直布罗陀人的独立。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：兰金是一个很擅长讲故事的人。希特勒暗示，他在1940年夏天的失败是他在战争中最严重的错误。历史学家不应该沉溺于反事实，但它确实让你思考。
这本精心研究的书的时机很好，因为今年是直布罗陀1967年公投50周年，公投结果为英国主权的延续赢得了99.6%的选票。(BBC历史杂志)
Rankin is a wonderful storyteller … Hitler hinted that his failure to take Gibraltar in the summer of 1940 was his gravest mistake during the war. Historians aren’t supposed to indulge in counterfactuals but it does make you think. (The Times)
This meticulously researched book is well timed, as this year marks the 50th anniversary of Gibraltar’s 1967 referendum, which yielded a 99.6 per cent vote in favour of continued British sovereignty. (BBC History Magazine)
About the Author/作者介绍： 尼古拉斯•兰金为BBC世界服务工作了20年，赢得了两个联合国奖项，并成为了首席制作人。他之前的书包括罗伯特•路易斯•史蒂文•森和战争记者乔治•斯蒂尔的传记，丘吉尔的巫师，在两次世界大战中对伪装、欺骗和黑人宣传的研究，以及伊恩弗莱明的突击队，一个二战海军情报部门的历史。他是英国皇家文学学会的成员，住在伦敦和肯特。Nicholas Rankin worked for 20 years for the BBC World Service, winning two UN awards and becoming Chief Producer. His previous books include biographies of Robert Louis Stevenson and the war-correspondent George Steer, Churchill’s Wizards, a study of camouflage, deception and black propaganda in both world wars, and Ian Fleming’s Commandos, the history of a WW2 naval intelligence unit. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in London and Kent.
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