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Originally Posted by 3ball44
Having control over nearly all of the Mediterranean, I think it only would have made sense for the Axis to have destroyed this British outpost and kept it from being quite a nuisance to shipping. From Malta, the British had fighter range reaching parts of the African coast like Tripoli and Tunis, and the entire Island of Sicily. Not to mention the bomber range that covered most of Italy and the Balkans, and the northern parts of Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.
Why did't the Axis do something about this last British stronghold in the Mediterranean?
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maybe because germany had their eyes mainly set on defeating russia ,due to its enormous geography ,that been also its big industry in oil metals , and so on .Germany i think had its pryoretys set on this giant ,same as on britain ,eventually,for the nazis things would get out of hand .Maybe yes ? they should have concentrated on key elements such malta,gibraltar in closing the straits ,and strungling supply lines etc; But good for us they did not win the war .