That geophysical trait and Malta’s prime Mediterranean location also led the nation to play an instrumental role in Allied WWII operations ... the most protected war operations in the world.

Images of Malta during World War II generally show devastation, penury, famine, tragedy. And rightly so. There was little else to record, let alone to celebrate. Some Monday pictorials have ...

The RAF lost 1,023 planes. The tide of the war started to turn. Britain was now a launch pad for future attacks on Germany. Malta was a key strategic Allied base in World War Two. Axis forces laid ...

Malta may be tiny, but from its 16th-century Knights of St. John to its strategically vital importance in WWII, the Mediterranean island nation is making a hugely rich heritage easy to explore.