Malta 1565
Subtitle: Last Battle of the Crusades (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: September 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780275988524
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Europe - History; Military History (General); History; History - Military / War; Military; Italy; Mediterranean Sea; Europe - General; Middle East - Turkey; Military - Other; History / Military / General; Military - General; Malta; Siege, 1565
First sentence: The immediate cause of what is perhaps the most heroic and (for the defenders) successful siege in history was the necessity of an invading power to clear away a deadly threat to its lines of communication before beginning the campaign that would bring all Europe under the sway of the Ottoman Empire.