Axis-Allies Struggles In Malta Dur？ng The Second World War And Effects On The Public

The island of Malta remained under the auspices of the British between 1814 and 1964. Malta, the most important Allied port, located between Tunes, Libya and Italia and, known as “the heart of Mediterranean” thanks to its location, was situated in a struggle between two blocks during WWII. In this regard, from the June of 1940 till the December of 1942 Germans and Italians had bombarded the port of Malta and the Allied ships both by air and by sea. During these two years Germany and Italia had thrown about 2000 bombs to Malta, the heaviest of which had occurred in 1942. Axis’ Malta Operation was hampered by English troops, because this operation was based on Italian assistance to Germans in African front. After this failure, this time Allied forces began to bombard the Axis ones in Malta. In order to take the control of Mediterranean and to be in the winner side of English-German struggle in African front or Montgomery-Rommel struggle, Malta was a place of importance. In this study, the struggles in Malta of both Axis and the Allied parties during WWI will be treated. In addition the struggles with the diseases and the hunger of the people who are not involved in the war will be explained. During these struggles, the troubles experienced by the people of Malta will be mentioned and the effect on the war people will be tried to be explained. In this way an unknown and an unwritten subject of the period of WWII in Turkey will be discussed