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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.
The flag of Malta (il-bandiera ta' Malta) is a bicolour, with white in the hoist and red in the fly. A representation of the George Cross, awarded to Malta by George VI in 1942, is carried, edged with red, in the canton of the white stripe. [1] The flag was first recognized in May of 1952. [2] It is the only national flag to feature English ...
The Flag of Malta displays the George Cross in the upper corner of the hoist. The Cross and the King's message are today found in the National War Museum in Fort Saint Elmo , Valletta . Harrods department store [ 12 ] flew the Maltese flag to mark Malta's 70th anniversary as a George Cross Island [ 13 ] from the 1 to 28 March 2012.
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National Flag Graphical Specifications; CONSTRUCTION SHEET: See additional notes in the construction sheet infobox. Author: See File history below for details. Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Flag map of Malta.svg; Flag of Malta (variant).svg; Flag of Malta-2.png; SVG development
English: Formation sign of the 231st independent Infantry Brigade formed in Malta and using a Maltese cross as its emblem. The Brigade fought in Sicily and Italy, then joined the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division in 1943.
AHQ Malta played a key defensive role during the war when Malta was under siege by Axis forces between 11 June 1940 to 20 November 1942. In 1943 it then became a major sub-command centre for the Allies under the Mediterranean Air Command (MAC) when the Allies began their attack on Sicily, Italy.