Word: gibraltarism
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Divide & Conquer. The Axis grand strategy, conceived in Berlin, is, almost certainly, to divide the forces of its foes and then to conquer each sector separately. Allied strength is maintained by sea power, supported by a string of fortresses stretching around the world: Portsmouth, Gibraltar, Alexandria, Singapore, Hawaii, Panama. The reduction of any of these bastions would cut the Allied life line. The reduction of several would be a catastrophe. There were signs this week that the Axis was planning an assault on one or several...
...Spain canceled the sailings of merchantmen for the Americas. Spain's entrance into the war would be the signal for attack on Gibraltar, perhaps on Portugal and the Azores as well...
...Britain's only uneasiness about the defense of the Singapore area last week was that the U.S. Fleet was not there. Even without it, Singapore (like Suez, which was also split away from its complementary force at Gibraltar) looked like anything but a doormat with Welcome...
Engineers, electricians, stokers and water tenders clambered aboard. They made fast tow lines from tugs out of Gibraltar...
...know he's at home), Tommy Hart can see the crescent bay where most of his fleet now rides at anchor. In the distance he can see the radio towers of the Cavite naval base and ahead, if the day is clear, the looming bulk of Corregidor, the Gibraltar that guards Manila. Close by he can see the merchantmen at Manila's big pier 7 busily unloading the precious stuff that he needs to keep his fleet in fighting trim...