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Preparing for the Worst: Malta’s Scorched Earth Policy
A Hero on Two Wheels: The Bicycle in Malta G.C.
The RNAS & Fleet Air Arm’s Forgotten Chapel.
‘Talkies’ : Cinema at War
Blue Label, Calder’s, and Cisk: Beer & Malta at War
The Kerkennah Islands Operation
Turning the Tide: A Sicilian Gun For Valletta
Preserving Trauma: Re-enactment and Freud
Malta is Invaded. Now what?
Defending Lord Gort: The San Anton Palace Defence Plan of 1943
Malta’s Units
British Infantry Regiments in Malta 1939-1945
2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers in Malta
The Cheshire Regiment and the Vickers MG in Malta GC
Malta, Leros, Lag: the 4th Buffs, Part I
Malta, Leros, Lag: the 4th Buffs, Part II
8th (Ardwick) Manchesters
The Hampshires’ Defence of Malta
K.O.M.R: The King’s Own Malta Regiment
Island Innovations: the RAOC(E) and REME in Malta
RASC 32 GT Coy
Malta’s Anti Aircraft Defence
LAA: Light Anti-Aircraft
The Height & Range Finder
The Predictor
“The Mysteries of Anti-Aircraft Defence”: Firing the HAA Guns
HAA Operations and Strategy
Nocturnal Raids
‘Basuto’: A lost Chapter in Malta’s War
MFRE Bomb Disposal
The George Cross awarded to Malta
Prelude to Husky: the Malta Brigade Trains in Egypt
Minesweeping, Mines, and Malta: Contact
Minesweeping, Mines, and Malta: The Deadly Seabed
Royal Navy Bomb & Mine Disposal
Axis
Fallschirmjäger
The Origins of the Fallschirmjäger
Uniforms and equipment of the Fallschirmjäger
Schnellboote operations around Malta and their losses
What happened to the enemy airmen?
Harbour Raider – JU87 D1 2051
Passive Defence
Malta’s Anti-Gas Precautions (1934-1940)
Malta Police Force
Shelter Construction in Malta 1935-1942
A Logistical Marvel: The Coordination of Supplies for Malta
Part I: COSUP and the Pools
Part II: Logistics
Part III: COSUP and UNSTO Take Over
The Grand Harbour Wharfs
Our Work
Local Events
Operation Market Garden
Difiza: il-Gudja fil-Gwerra – Codename ASIA
Sabaton Movie – History Rocks
Malta to Leros: 1943-2023
Operation Husky 1943-2023 – in the footsteps of 231 Brigade
Il-Wasla tal-George Cross fil-Marsa
International Events
Operation Overlord
Operation Husky
Videos
Filming Experience
Our Film – Merkur
Who are we?
About Us
WW2 reenactment in Malta
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Collecting War
Podcast
Collectors’ Corner
Collecting Rust
Collecting Photos: A Modern Problem
Collecting War: A Historical Theory
Publications
A Logistical Marvel: The Coordination of Supplies for Malta
Malta, Leros, Oflag: A Wartime Log by Lieut. C.J.H. Morgan
Malta, Leros, Lag: The 4th Buffs before and after the Aegean
Bibliography
Box Project
What is a Pillbox?
Listing of Historic Defence Sites and Pillboxes
Explore Article
Prelude to Husky
The Malta Brigade Trains in Egypt
Explore Article
Basuto
A Lost Chapter in Malta's War
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Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal
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The King's Own Malta Regiment (KOMR)
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The Malta Police Force during
World War Two
Explore Article
British Infantry Regiments in Malta
1939 - 1945
Explore Article
The 8th (Ardwick) Manchesters in Malta
Explore Article
The Hampshire's' Defence of Malta
Explore Article
The George Cross Awarded to Malta
Explore Article
Minesweeping, Mines, and Malta: Contact
Explore Article
Minesweeping, Mines, and Malta:
The Deadly Seabed
Explore Article
The Origins of the Fallschirmjäger
Explore Article
Uniforms and equipment of the Fallschirmjäger