"The Great Siege of Malta- 1565" Topic

"If it had not taken place, the Great Siege would no doubt have been dreamt up for the screenplay of an epic film. Few other historic episodes rival it for sheer heroism, the bloodshed of war and military strategy. Voltaire is quoted as saying 'rien est plus connu que la siege de Malte' (nothing is so well known as the Siege of Malta).

The story of the Siege is interwoven with the tale of two adversaries, the ageing Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette, and his contemporary, the Barbary corsair Dragut Reis who commanded the fleet of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. It is also the story of thousands of lives of Maltese Islanders, men at arms to the Knights of St. John.

The years leading up to the Siege saw the Islands under constant threat from the Ottoman Turks. In 1551, the Ottomans carried out an audacious raid, which saw most of Gozo's population captured and taken into slavery. In 1559, the Knights responded, but with a disastrous attack on the Ottoman stronghold, Djerba, on the Tunisian coast…"
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Armand

And you won't find a mention of the siege in ottoman history books

A great siege of malta simulation game I designed and manufactured in 2015 commemorating the 450 anniversary
It won first place in a contemporary art competition

This video is the 3 finalists presentation and the game presentation is the second starting 1:30

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Thanks!.

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Armand