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	Battle of Midway
		This was the case in the battle of Midway.
		After the battle of Midway, is was even more obvious that the battleship became a secondary type of warship to the aircraft carrier, because of the carrier's ability to sink enemy ships with its aircraft without ever being in range of their heavy guns.
		Despite all its remaining strength, after the battle of Midway Japan lost its superiority and initiative in the Pacific and was forced to defense.
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	Siege of Malta (1940) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Siege of Malta was a significant military event in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II that occurred between 1940 and 1943 on the island of Malta.
		Due to the strategic position of Malta (see map) it was a key fortress for either the axis or allied powers – notably, the island is in the middle of the Mediterranean near Africa, Italy and Turkey.
		Operation Pedestal was a major attempt to resupply Malta with a convoy of 14 merchant ships supported by 44 major warships, including battleships and aircraft carriers, and diversionary naval attacks by the Mediterranean Fleet at the other end of the Mediterranean[3].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1940) (1042 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Malta is governed by the 1964 constitution, as revised in 1974; it is a neutral country.
		Malta was settled in Neolithic times; the Hal-Saflieni Hypogeum is the site of what is believed to be the largest group of prehistoric European rock-cut chamber tombs.
		In 1530 the Hapsburg Charles V granted Malta to the Knights Hospitalers.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/malta_history.asp (843 words)

	Encyklopédia :: encyclopedia : Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Malta (oficiálny názov: po maltsky Repubblika ta’ Malta a po anglicky Republic of Malta) je ostrovný štát v Stredozemnom mori.
		Malta sa môže pochváliť históriou dlhou takmer 7000 rokov.
		Väčšina obyvateľov Malty žije na hlavnom ostrove Malta, tu prevažne v mestských aglomeráciách (viac ako 90%).
	slovak.encyclopedia.st /Malta (1315 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Knights of Malta
		They dispersed to their commanderies and begged Charles V to grant them the island of Malta, which was a dependency of his kingdom of Sicily, and this sovereignty was granted them in 1530, under the suzerainty of the kings of Spain.
		Malta, however, was not rid of its most dangerous adversary until the battle of Lepanto (1571) which dealt the Ottoman fleet a fatal and final blow.
		At last Malta, the very centre of the order, was treacherously surrendered under the grand master, the Count von Hompesch, to General Bonaparte when he made his expedition to Egypt (12 June, 1798).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07477a.htm (3203 words)

	About Malta and Gozo
		Malta lies in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea 58 miles (93km) south of Sicily and 180 miles (288km) north of North Africa.
		After Phoenician rule the battle for Malta was fought between the Carthaginians and the mighty Roman empire which saw the Romans emerge as the victorious around 218 B.C. Under the Roman empire Malta was a peaceful and prosperous island for 6 centuries.
		In Malta the National Museum of Archeology is the body responsible for the protection and study of the country's archeological heritage, including remains lying underwater.
	www.holiday-malta.com /diving/about (1441 words)

	Battle for Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Germany dear, for Malta is critically situated in the Mediterranean between Sicily and North Africa.
		Malta came under increased aerial bombardment and her meager complement of aircraft took a
		Malta, in and all out attempt to bring relief to the island.
	worldhistoryzone.com /battleformalta.html (1303 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-The Battle for Malta. Six Vital Months - Spring and Summer 1942-
		Malta has a long and varied history, a Phoenician colony about 1,000 BC, then occupied by the Greeks in 746 BC, to be possessed by Cartage and Rome.
		The Air Officer Commanding Malta had been bombarding his Air Ministry in London and his Command Head Quarters in Cairo about his plight both in aircraft type and availability of pilots, all of whom were tired and at the end of their rope.
		Malta was relieved to at last survive, General Montgomery went on to win his famous Battle of El Alamein.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/BattleforMalta.html (1396 words)

	Projects
		Malta Aviation Museum is currently restoring DH Tigermoth to Flying Conditions.
		One of the most important periods in Malta's Aviation History is certainly the Air Battle of Malta that took place between 1940 and 1943.
		The Malta Aviation Museum Foundation feels it is fitting that a Memorial Hangar is erected, so that aircraft and artifacts related to this part of Malta's Heritage may be displayed under one roof - The Air Battle of Malta Memorial Hangar.
	www.maltaaviationmuseum.com /Projects.asp (351 words)

	Malta's Real estate Battle
		Malta has an appeal that never really attracted the bargain hunters in the past who tended to look more at rural France and Spain where the low cost airlines fly to, and it is these buyers who are now considering the new markets rather than the buyers we see in Malta".
		Malta joined the EU last year, and this has helped maintain Malta’s popularity among overseas property buyers.
		For details of over seventy apartments and villas for sale in Malta visit http://www.maltaproperty.info where details are available by email.
	www.greatpossibilities.com /articles/publish/printer_malta.shtml (306 words)

	Search Malta > Store > Bookstore > History
		The long battle for Malta began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war on the Allies and the decision of the Axis powers to subdue the island in order to control the Mediterranean.
		This reconstruction of the Siege of Malta brings history alive, and carries the reader through many battles, the heroism and the hunger to the relief which came, nearly too late, and the final victory.
		Malta, a group of small islands in the Mediterranean, has seen a variety of cultures through the ages.
	www.searchmalta.com /bookstore/history.shtml (3617 words)

	Merlins Over Malta Project. - The Model Zone Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Malta lies 60 miles south of Sicily and was a vital outpost of the Allies in the Mediterranean.
		At the start of the siege of Malta, the island and islanders were woefully inadequately equipped, however the arrival of Hawker Hurricanes in June 1940 enabled the RAF to begin the long hard fight back.
		Seven Spitfire mk V's left the carrier HMS Eagle to fly into Malta on the 7th March 1942, more Spitfires followed shortly after and the air battle over Malta was was almost won by May of that year.
	www.themodelzone.org /forum/showthread.php?t=299 (475 words)

	Battle of malta
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		Malta images are licensed from World66.com under, and are hereby subject to, the Creative Commons License.
	www.malta-outlook.com /Malta-Europe/battle-of-malta.html (127 words)

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		Malta: I feel that Malta is so important that it has it's own phase - The Battle of Malta Phase.
		If the Allies triumph in the fight for Malta, the Axis will be in a world of trouble in the end game (just think of their historical situation in the Spring of 1943!).
		There is a Malta space and it may be invaded (won't be all that common).
	grognard.com /reviews1/afrika.txt (1415 words)

	Malta World War 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Between June 1940 and December 1942 Malta was one of the most bombed place on earth, Malta became the besieged and battered arena for one of the most decisive struggles of World War II Preparing for a raid on Malta
		The battle of Malta is referred to by the Maltese as the Second Siege: The first having taken place in 1565: January 16th 1941 marks the beginning of an other Siege.
		Malta was not prepared for aerial attacks when Italy entered the war on June 10th.
	louishenwood.com /page01.html (844 words)

	Malta
		The Knights of St. John (Malta), who obtained the three habitable Maltese islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino from Charles V in 1530, reached their highest fame when they withstood an attack by superior Turkish forces in 1565.
		Malta was heavily attacked by German and Italian aircraft during World War II but was never invaded by the Axis powers.
		Although Malta applied for membership in the European Union, when the Labour Party won the election in Oct. 1996, it froze Malta's EU application and withdrew from the NATO Partnership for Peace program in an effort to maintain its neutrality.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107763.html (590 words)

	Encyklopedia :: encyclopedia : Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Malta, Republika Malty (Repubblika ta' Malta, Republic of Malta) – państwo wyspiarskie położone w Europie Południowej, na Morzu Śródziemnym, na południe od Sycylii.
		Malta, która jest dogodnym miejscem do kontrolowania centralnego i wschodniego basenu Morza Śródziemnego, przechodziła na przestrzeni dziejów często z rąk do rąk.
		W 1947 Malta uzyskała autonomię wewnętrzną, a w 1963 proklamowane zostało powstanie Państwa Maltańskiego.
	www.encyklopedia.cc /Malta (699 words)

	Amazon.fr : Battle for Malta : Livres en anglais (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Amazon.fr : Battle for Malta : Livres en anglais
		On the ground and in the air the massive forces of Germany and the Soviet Union fought out epic battles that stretched as far east as Moscow and Stalingrad before the inexorable strength of the Soviet forces gradually forced the Axis armies to retreat westwards to Berlin and beyond.
		Historians of the period are familiar with the great land battles of the era - Stalingrad, Kursk and Leningrad, for example; less familiar is the tale of the evolving aerial strategies adopted by the Luftwaffe and by the Russians.
	www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/ASIN/0711029407 (622 words)

	CVC's Christmas on Malta
		Malta - An Island Republic (A.D. 1964 - Current)Malta became an independent country on September 21, 1964 and is a member of the Commonwealth.
		On the 13th of December of 1974, by an act of Parliament, Malta was declared a republic.
		Malta has been converted to Christianism in the year 60 AD by St Paul - see Acts of the Apostles chapter 27 and 28.
	www.cvc.org /christmas/malta.htm (1259 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Malta has no rivers or lakes, no natural resources, and very few trees.
		Malta: la llave del MediterrÃ¡neo: Europa poco conocida.
		Malta credits its pageantry for increase in U.S. visitors.(Brief Article)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Malta.asp (843 words)

	2005 - Focus on Malta
		The long and dramatic battle for Malta began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war on the Allies and the decision of the Axis powers to subdue the island in order to control the Mediterranean.
		Many fierce battles had been fought in the skies above Malta and many brave pilots on both sides paid in full; army and air force troops on the ground and hundreds of civilians lost their lives, but Malta held on.
		Based on the factual and historical Malta: The Hurricane Years, this is a fully revised and updated account of the gallant band of RAF and Commonwealth pilots who flew Hurricanes in defence of Malta between June 1940 and 1942, when help in the guise of Spitfires finally arrived.
	www.grubstreet.co.uk /2005_-_focus_on_malta.htm (1581 words)

	Malta Today
		The students at the University of Malta are very confident about membership, as a recent joint-survey between the KSU and the MIC has shown.
		Currently, Malta shares 25 per cent of the costs of the EU education programmes along with the European counterpart that takes part in the programme.
		As an EU member, Malta will not pay anything directly for its participation in the education programmes, although it will be handing over a general budgetary contribution to the EU every year EU.
	www.maltatoday.com.mt /2003/01/26/l3.html (606 words)

	~~~~~ VISIT MALTA~~~~~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		A major docu-drama on the 18th century pirate Blackbeard is currently filming in Malta at the Mediterranean Film Studios and on various locations around the islands.
		This will be a unique opportunity for veterans, their families and friends, aircraft enthusiasts and the general public to see these historic planes flying over Malta.
		The airshow has become one of Malta's main events and has also become one of the largest in terms of the number of aircraft that participate in it.
	www.visitmalta.com /us/visitmalta_newsletter15.html (544 words)

	MTAC - Minister's Speeches - Speech Details
		A Spitfire and a Hurricane are flying from their base at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire in the UK to Malta.
		The two aircraft will fly over Malta for the first time in over fifty years, beginning their flight on Sunday September 18 from Duxford and leaving Malta on September 29 on their way back to Britain.
		Malta offers the British tourist a wide range of historical buildings, forts and fortifications from the British era which give the British tourist a sense of ‘feeling at home’ in Malta,” said Minister Francis Zammit Dimech.
	www.tourismandculture.gov.mt /page.asp?n=speechesdetails&i=5538 (434 words)

	Museum Expansion Project
		This hangar, named "The Air Battle of Malta Memorial Hangar", reminds all visitors of Malta's important role during the crucial years of 1940-43.
		As soon as all funds to cover the cost of this hangar are obtained, the Malta Aviation Museum Foundation will be able to move forward to the third phase of the Museum expansion project.
		The Air Battle of Malta Memorial Hangar houses all WWII exhibits at Malta Aviation Museum.
	www.maltaaviationmuseum.com /hangars.asp (571 words)

	INTRODUCTION TO MALTA - photos of Malta on Worldisround
		Malta - travel photos - At this time of year many of us long to get away to somewhere warm and sunny, such as...
		Malta is an independent (1964) republic within the British Commonwealth and the European Community (2004).
		During the Battle of Malta in 1942, Axis bombers dropped 6,000 tonnes...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/114868 (499 words)

	Malta - Books - Magic Bean Dip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Malta held out and finally the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica conceded the battle was lost with Malta's Spitfire pilots being credited with at least 600 aerial victories during this period.
		Fortress Malta follows the story through the eyes of individuals who were there: the pilots, submariners, soldiers, and civilians who provide the tales of heroism, resilience, love, and loss.
		The three-year siege of Malta was one of the longest sieges in history.
	v1.magicbeandip.com /store/browse_books_4965 (1884 words)

	Battle Over Malta Campaign
		Extreme_one and I had planned a full length Malta campaign and this one is built on the template we created together.
		I found the Hawaii map to have the closest approximation of airfield locations and features except that it is at least twice as large as Malta.
		It was written in Forgotten Battles + The ACE Expansion Pack + Pacific Fighters version 4.01m and will not load if used in any previous version.
	www.airwarfare.com /Sims/FB/fb_campaigns_bom.htm (242 words)

	Malta Today • The battle of the fundraisers
		Both the main political parties have been blitzing their media machinery over the past week in frantic fundraising attempts.
		The funds raised by the Labour Party via a telethon held on Thursday -Republic Day - will go towards financing its Switzerland in the Med campaign, which will relay to the people why the MLP thinks this is the best way forward for Malta, as far as EU relations are concerned.
		And it will be ironic indeed if it looks as if donations are down on last year because people have been forced to tighten their belts.
	www.maltatoday.com.mt /2001/1216/l2a.html (550 words)

	Merlins Over Malta - The Defenders Return (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The lovely Muriel Pavlow, not a Malta veteran, but a veteran of "The Malta Story" took to the stage for an interview with Ken Ellis.
		Wg Cdr Tom Neil DFC AFC who flew in both the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Malta was interviewed by James Holland, Author of "Fortress Malta" and the Merlins Over Malta historian.
		Meme was a nurse at the Imtarfa hospital.
	www.merlinsovermalta.com /events/maltaday (1222 words)

	Netwings - Starting with Malta Scenery for 'Battle of Britain'
		Malta: blitzed but not beaten / Philip Vella.
		Is a well illustrated account of the air war over Malta, giving balanced details of the forces involved, with particularly good coverage of the axis forces, and some of the less well known types and operations.
		'Battle over Malta' might help with mission making, but from what you say, is not as important ad the other books for us.
	www.netwings.org /dcforum/DCForumID24/284.html (1355 words)

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