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Four Months of Fire: the Knights Malta Against Ottoman Empire, 1565

Name: Four Months of Fire: the Knights Malta Against Ottoman Empire, 1565
Brand: Independently Published
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Bol In the summer of 1565, a few thousand Knights of Malta held a scorched rock against the full might of Suleiman the Magnificent's invasion fleet. For four months, the island became a furnace of siege towers, mines, and frontal assaults-a battle where the entire Christian Mediterranean hung in the balance.This edition gives you the mechanics behind the drama. Four original tactical diagrams and maps break down the assault phases: the failed storm on Fort Saint Elmo, the grinding attrition of Birgu, and the final Ottoman retreat. An order-of-battle table lines up each commander, galley, and regiment. Every anecdote-from the knight who fired the last cannon to the Janissary who breached the wall-is sourced to the original chroniclers by name.For readers of narrative military history who want the story and the structure.

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In the summer of 1565, a few thousand Knights of Malta held a scorched rock against the full might of Suleiman the Magnificent's invasion fleet. For four months, the island became a furnace of siege towers, mines, and frontal assaults-a battle where the entire Christian Mediterranean hung in the balance.This edition gives you the mechanics behind the drama. Four original tactical diagrams and maps break down the assault phases: the failed storm on Fort Saint Elmo, the grinding attrition of Birgu, and the final Ottoman retreat. An order-of-battle table lines up each commander, galley, and regiment. Every anecdote-from the knight who fired the last cannon to the Janissary who breached the wall-is sourced to the original chroniclers by name.For readers of narrative military history who want the story and the structure.

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