In 1565, the mighty Ottoman Empire launched a massive siege against the tiny island of Malta expecting a swift victory. But ...

Clashing civilizations, rival great powers, cutting-edge technology: we have been here before, as Marcus Bull, a professor at the University of North Carolina, shows in The Great Siege of Malta, his ...

Malta may be tiny, but from its 16th-century Knights of St. John to its strategically vital importance in WWII, the Mediterranean island nation is making a hugely rich heritage easy to explore.

In July 1943 the fascist regime in Italy fell. It ended Benito Mussolini’s 21 year-long fascist regime. The crucial external ...

In the mid-16th Century, a long running conflict between two of the most powerful world religions is building up to a climactic battle in the Mediterranean for the very soul of Europe. Facing each ...

From a few isolated islands in Italy during the Middle Ages, Venice grew to the world’s greatest sea power, a position it held for 500 years. British historian Crowley (Empires of the Sea: The Siege ...