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Population distribution by country in 1939. This is a list of countries by population in 1939 (including any dependent, occupied or colonized territories for empires), providing an approximate overview of the world population before World War II.
Malta. Malta, a Mediterranean island of 122 sq mi (320 km 2) had been a British colony since 1814.By the 1940s, the island had a population of 275,000 but local farmers could feed only one-third of the population, the deficit being made up by imports.
The siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean theatre.From June 1940 to November 1942, the fight for the control of the strategically important island of the British Crown Colony of Malta pitted the air and naval forces of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany against the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy.
After World War II, Malta's Emigration Department would assist emigrants with the cost of their travel. Between 1948 and 1967, 30 per cent of the population emigrated. [ 10 ] Between 1946 and the late 1970s, over 140,000 people left Malta on the assisted passage scheme, with 57.6 per cent migrating to Australia, 22 per cent to the UK, 13 per ...
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The Axis plan to invade Malta had its origin in Italian military studies conducted during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War in the mid-1930s. By 1938, Comando Supremo, the Italian army general staff, had estimated the amount of sea transport it would require to move military forces into North Africa, and identified the seizure of Malta as a prerequisite.
Great Siege of Malta part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars: Order of Saint John Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Sicily Ottoman Empire: Allied victory 1571 Battle of Lepanto part of the Ottoman–Habsburg and Ottoman–Venetian Wars: Holy League: Republic of Venice; Spanish Empire (with Naples and Sicily) Republic of Genoa Papal States; Grand Duchy of ...
Siege of Malta June 1940-November 1942The UK lost 369 fighters in the air and 64 on the ground during the siege of Malta. Over 900 German and 600 Italian aircraft were lost in attacks on the island. 1,493 Maltese civilians were killed and 3,764 wounded.