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The Norman invasion of Malta was an attack on the island of Malta, then inhabited predominantly by Muslims, by forces of the Norman County of Sicily led by Roger I in 1091. The invaders besieged Medina (modern Mdina ), the main settlement on the island, but the inhabitants managed to negotiate peace terms.
Operation Herkules (German: Unternehmen Herkules; Italian: Operazione C3) was the German code-name given to an abortive plan for the invasion of Malta during the Second World War. Through air and sea landings, the Italians and Germans hoped to eliminate Malta as a British air and naval base and secure an uninterrupted flow of supplies across ...
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The Normans is a British television documentary series first aired on BBC Two from 4 to 18 August 2010. Over three episodes, it sees Professor Robert Bartlett's journey from Great Britain via Jerusalem to the Kingdom of Sicily to examine the expansion and ambition of the Normans between the 10th and 13th centuries.
Norman invasion of Malta part of the Norman conquest of southern Italy: Arabs Norman County of Sicily: Norman victory 1283 Battle of Malta part of the War of the Sicilian Vespers: Aragonese Kingdom of Sicily: Angevin Kingdom of Sicily: Aragonese victory 1429 Siege of Malta Kingdom of Sicily Maltese civilians: Hafsid Kingdom: Maltese victory
After the Norman conquest, the population of the Maltese islands kept growing mainly through immigration from the north (Sicily and Italy), with the exile to Malta of the entire male population of the town of Celano (Italy) in 1223, the stationing of a Norman and Sicilian garrison on Malta in 1240 and the settlement in Malta of noble families ...