Lessons from Malta

This is a story of a romance between a Royal Navy officer and a Red Cross nurse caught up in D-Day and the battles that follow up to the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes and Holland. The naval officer commands fast coastal patrol boats (MTBs) and main function is to deceive German defence plans at D-Day and later intelligence work on finding V1 and V2 weapons sites. He spends some of his leave with his uncle who owns a farm near Newhaven and a few miles from his MTB depot. The nurse becomes emotionally involved with an American Army Medical doctor while her naval officer husband is wrapped up in clandestine intelligence operations and is reported "Missing in Action". He is eventually gets entangled with preventing the SS / Gestapo attempts to abduct or kill escaping refugees from Holland to Britain; they are V-weapon scientists and engineers. The American Army Medical Officer becomes a casualty and requires specialist care / treatment. He joins the escaping refugee party and is safely shipped back to the USA. She is torn with emotions for her husband who has not written to her and the American Army Doctor. Her husband is finally reunited with her, where he reveals that he is to be posted to Malta where they both met originally and aim to go back to. This seals their relationship and love for each other.