Malta 1565
Subtitle: Last Battle Of The Crusades (Campaign)
Contributors: Christa Hook (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: January 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781855326033
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; War & defence operations; c 1500 to c 1600; Military - Other; History - Military / War; History; Military; Italy; Malta; Mediterranean Sea; Military - Strategy; Europe - General; History / Military / General; Military - General
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.