![Explosions rock Malta during an enemy air raid. Due to Malta’s location along German and Italian supply routes, its airfields and dockyards were subject to many bombing runs.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/W-Malta-12-HT-May05-760x397.jpg)
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The Siege of Malta in WWII: Holding on to the Island Fortress
By John BrownWhen World War II began in September 1939, just nine months before the Siege of Malta, its three small islands in the central Mediterranean were still considered part of the British Commonwealth. Read more