The Siege of Malta, 1565 -Knights Hospitaller`s and Ottoman`s

[CptDanjou]

Worth a listen.


The Siege of Malta, 1565, In Our Time - BBC Radio 4

 

[Joe_Private]

Ottomans were just big pouffes really.

 

[CptDanjou]

I`ve always wondered how they fed these vast armies , turning up on an island with thousands of men in mid summer , cant have been easy.

 

[singha61]

Read
The Great Siege: Malta 1565 by Ernle Bradford

Suleiman the Magnificent, the most powerful ruler in the world, was determined to conquer Europe. Only one thing stood in his way: a dot of an island in the Mediterranean called Malta, occupied by the Knights of St. John, the cream of the warriors of the Holy Roman Empire. A clash of civilizations the likes of which had not been seen since Persia invaded Greece was shaping up. Determined to capture Malta and use its port to launch operations against Europe, Suleiman sent an armada and an overwhelming army. A few thousand defenders in Fort St. Elmo fought to the last man, enduring cruel hardships. When they captured the fort, the Turks took no prisoners and mutilated the defenders' bodies. Grand Master La Vallette of the Knights reciprocated by decapitating his Turkish prisoners and using their heads to cannonade the enemy. Then the battle for Malta began in earnest: no quarter asked, none given.

 

[Helm]

Well worth a watch

 

[Septic sid]

Well worth a watch

That could have been a good programme, but for the bloke fronting it.

US version of Dan Snow. Only worse.

 

[Helm]

That could have been a good programme, but for the bloke fronting it.

US version of Dan Snow. Only worse.

I thought he was ok myself It was a good series

 

[Jack_Prior]

Ernle Bradford's The Great Siege: Malta 1565. Bradford's story of Suleiman's siege and Valette makes a good long audio book, and you should find it somewhere for free. St John's is still an international Sovereign Order ("governs itself without interference" *) and the world's oldest surviving chivalric order. *HQ in Rome, "Defence of the (Catholic) faith and assistance to the poor".

 

[Aul_Wan]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/00...m+willocks&dpPl=1&dpID=51HFpsR77yL&ref=plSrch

This is a fictional story set during the Siege of Malta. It's an entertaining read and a good start for futher (factual) reading about the Siege.