Comments by "Adam Bainbridge" (@AdamMGTF) on "Malta's Hand-Hewn Bomb Shelter Tunnels" video.

  1. It's worth pointing out that dud bombs were very common. Obviously this isn't shown in popular media. Games wouldn't work if bombs didn't explode for example. The axis had much more of a problem with duds than the allies due to less exact manufacturering. Deliberate sabotage (when slave labour was used) and due to lagging in certain technology and lacking in certain metals/materials that could make more reliable fuses. There are many examples of unexploded bombs which landed in houses, gardens etc. You could put this down to a miracle. You could put it down to random chance. Even though I'm catholic I assume if it was a mricicle and a devine hand was involved then the bomb wouldn't have went through the roof in the first place
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  2. James Holland did a great book on Malta in ww2. It's interesting reading the early chapters where the people of the island knew Italy would get involved. And yet many knew Italians and there were lots of Italian sympathisers on the island... Not shocking given the Italian coast was so close. It was a hellish place a lot of the time, Malta dog being a vivid example of how hard life was there.
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