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The siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean theatre.From June 1940 to November 1942, the fight for the control of the strategically important island of the British Crown Colony of Malta pitted the air and naval forces of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany against the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy.
Malta enters into a Military Base Agreement with the United Kingdom and other NATO countries. 16 May: Malta adopts the Maltese pound. 1973: Malta decriminalises homosexuality. 1974: 13 December: Malta becomes a Republic, with the last Governor-General, Sir Anthony Mamo, serving as its first President. Malta remains a member of the Commonwealth ...
The Axis plan to invade Malta had its origin in Italian military studies conducted during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War in the mid-1930s. By 1938, Comando Supremo, the Italian army general staff, had estimated the amount of sea transport it would require to move military forces into North Africa, and identified the seizure of Malta as a prerequisite.
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...
Ceres (1942) — scheme for safe unloading and dispersal of Pedestal cargoes at Malta; Perpetual (1941) — delivery of aircraft to Malta; Picket (1942) — delivery of 16 Spitfires to Malta from HMS Eagle and Argus; Pilgrim (1941) — contingency plan to seize Canary Islands; Pinpoint (1942) — delivery run to Malta by HMS Welshman