UXB MALTA Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal 1940-44- The most bombed place on earth

‘Researched in depth… UXB Malta vividly captures the close relationships which developed between the soldiers and the islanders.’ Soldier Magazine

As the Regia Aeronautica and the Luftwaffe unleashed their full might against the strategically vital island of Malta, the civilian population looked to the Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Secton as their last line of defence. Day after day, through constant air raids, these men located, excavated and rendered safe thousands of UXBs. Including interviews with survivors, diary extracts and research from hundreds of previously unpublished wartime documents, UXB Malta reveals what it was like to work in Army Bomb Disposal in the most bombed place on Earth.