How did the Ottomans Fail to take Malta?

How did the Ottomans Fail to take Malta?

Clashes between the Ottoman and European sides would continue over the following years, though nothing too drastic for some time. But, a failed naval campaign by Philip II of Spain had crumbled at the Battle of Djerba off the coast of Tunisia, reaffirming Ottoman superiority and securing the fear for the Hospitallers that the Turks would, surely, attack Malta very soon…

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[samsaliba]

As a Maltese person you have no idea how happy I am to see this video. Thank you! Though I also think that us Maltese have not been given enough credit; ultimately there were only about 500 knights of the Order, the vast majority of the fighting was done by Maltese civilians turned mercaneries.

[georgepatton]

Remember St Elmo, the castle broke before the knights did

[tonyfreeman]

Thank you as a Maltese living in Australia. Wow Malta has a lot of History to offer. Proud to be Maltese 👏

[grandadmiralzaarin]

"If we had to pay such a high price for so small a son, what horrible toll must be had for the Father and Mother?!" Mustafa after taking Fort St Elmo and gazing upon St Angelo and her sister fort Fort St Michael across the bay.

"It's another St Elmo!!!" The Turks seeing the ancient capital of Mdina firing it's cannons in a bluff of strength.

This siege was one of the most storied in history.

[giorgijioshvili]

Suleiman: Yea I am going to spare this knight's what could possible go wrong?

43 year's later: Malta became major navel base for the holy league

[Lacteagalaxia]

You forgot to say beyond criticizing Spain that in 1.565 he helped knights to repel otomán attack on the famous siege of malta It is inexplicable

[stefanvella]

I'm Maltese, thank you sharing this :) just a few points though. The boats with the 1000 janissaries came from Marsa and the 1st small relief force the "piccolo soccorso" crossed undetected on land to kalkara and then crossed by boats to St.Angelo. Ascanio de la Corna was one of the leaders in the 'Gran Soccorso" great relief force was noticed with his bloodied sword from tip to hilt.
☩ Deus Lo Vult ☩

[pakistanichad]

Eventually an all-out attack was ordered in August, and the Ottomans were on the brink of success when, in an audacious move, a small force of knights attacked the Ottoman camp. Thinking that the knights had Spanish reinforcements, Mustafa retreated and the advantage was lost.

[iknowwhereyoulive]

This is why you should never judge a book by its cover, as a Maltese person I am proud to say that we won this war because of our proud and determined army and with the help of the gran soccorso from Sicilian forces

[Uzair_Of_Babylon]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[mdmiloy]

Miss you very much knowlegia. Thank you so much for your beautiful vidio!

[constantius]

I thank God virtually every day for the amazing heroic defence of Malta by the Knights of St John and then the glorious Catholic victory over Islam at the Battle of Lepanto. Catholicism (and Christianity in general) have offered and will offer more hope for humankind than Islam ever has or ever could. Love from England.

[jackthrasher]

Awesome video! I never heard of this story before and it is cool how this was probably a famous story for years and years inspiring millions of people.

[mozzarella_boyy]

I just wanna say that the new sound effects/music is awesome, keep it up!

[kekolo]

And there are still some people that say Turkey is a European nation? Its behaviour toward Europe was always one of agression and colonization.

[theawesomeman]

Some Christians say the defense of Malta was a divine miracle and given the situation I totally understand their reasoning.

[erkinbotokanov]

Love your drawing skills, really cool.

[bblunder]

Mad respect to Malta people, it is one of the places that i want to go

[rcsmith]

Malta is such a beautiful island and the culture, history and people are amazing. I had an opportunity to travel there several times while serving abroad in Sicily. I look forward to going back someday.

[samwill]

Wonderful thing about islands. They don't sink.
Bit anachronistic, but the principle holds.