Word: gibraltars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rock's governor, Lieut. General Sir Clive Gerard ("Jock") Liddell, knew that, as Germany pushed home her attack on Great Britain (see p. 30), Gibraltar was really in for it from the Italians. There was even a report that the Germans were massing troops below Bordeaux for a land assault on the world's greatest fortress. This attack would come across Spain, which was less likely than ever to interfere, in view of Britain's plan announced last week to extend the blockade to all Spanish and Portuguese ports. Sir Clive's gravest concern...
Sweltering hot though it is, with its beetling, sun-scorched Rock radiating heat all day, Gibraltar became hotter still last week. Italian bombers from bases 1,000 miles away repeatedly dropped monster explosions upon it. British warships in the anchorage on the Rock's west side were prime targets, the sea power that keeps Italy corked into the Mediterranean. The Italians claimed they hit and fired some of the ships. Watchers in Algeciras across the bay and in Tangier across the Strait could not tell, but they could see and hear the Rock erupt an inferno of anti-aircraft...
Meantime, he hastened the evacuation of 16,000 non-combatants from Gibraltar town. His wife and some 400 others went to Funchal, Madeira. A contingent of 300 were sent across the Strait to Tangier. As ships could be brought for them, others were to go to the Bahamas and Canada. Ships arriving brought supplies and soldier reinforcements that increased the Rock's garrison to above...
This week, with no Italian planes overhead, a terrific explosion shook Gibraltar: a carelessly handled grenade had touched off a dump of anti-aircraft shells, killing four soldiers. Meanwhile...
...reviewing stand to watch an impressive three-hour parade headed by units of the now reorganized Spanish Army. It proved surprisingly strong in highly mechanized equipment and gleaming field artillery. As Generalissimo Franco stood side by side with imperturbable Sir Samuel, they ignored excited Spanish shouts: "We want Gibraltar! We want Gibraltar...