As the Siege of Malta entered its final stages, the Ottomans, battered by hunger, disease, and mounting casualties, prepared for one last massive assault in August 1565. Mustafa Pasha aimed to ...

The Ottoman forces launched a brutal attack on Malta, focusing on the crucial Fort St. Elmo as part of a larger siege that would determine the island’s fate. The Knights Hospitaller, despite facing ...

An activist group seeking to break Israel’s siege on Gaza by sea said one of its main boats was struck by a drone at a port ...

Malta celebrates Victory Day, a national holiday that commemorates three triumphs that shaped the island’s history ...

Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World Roger Crowley, . . Random, $30 (336pp) ISBN 978-1-4000-6624-7 ...

The Ottoman Siege of Malta Clashing civilizations, rival great powers, cutting-edge technology: we have been here before, as Marcus Bull, a professor at the University of North Carolina, shows in The ...

SIEGE: Malta 1940-1943, by Ernle Bradford. 304 pages, illustrated. Morrow, $19.95 A few years ago, I would have predicted that sieges were a thing of the past. Under 21st century conflict ...