'Malta at War'
" (...) a unique record of the island's ordeal in the Second World War, its defence by the Royal Air Force, Army, Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine and the endurance and suffering of the civilian population in the context of the dramatic developments in the various theaters of war, particularly in the Mediterranean region."
Volume I Issue 1
• Outpost of Empire
• Napoleon ousts the Order
• The Dawn of an Era
• The End of an Era
• The Battle of Alexandria
• The First World War
• Disaster at Jutland
• German leaders were PoWs in Malta
Volume I Issue 2
• The Road to War
• Imperial Japanese Navy's farewell
• Unveiling of War Memorial
• Jack Ashore
• Benito Mussolini
• Threat of War
• Civil Defence Preparations
• Military Aviation between the Wars
• The Airfields of Malta and Gozo
• Military Units during the Siege
Volume I Issue 3
• The First Naval Losses
• Faith, Hope and Charity
• King's Own Malta Regiment
• Military Units which served in Malta during the War (Royal Artillery, Infantry, Ancillary Corps, Royal Malta Artillery, King's Own Malta Regiment, Others)
• Strengthening the Defences
• RMA Battery for Egypt
• Diary of Events 1922-1939
• Declaration of War
• The Blitzkrieg in Poland
• Sea Gladiators for the RAF
• An Island Beleaguered
• First Major RN Losses
• The Tragedy of the Royal Oak
• "Don't worry about me; try to save youirself"
• Gunther Prien's Own Story
• "A remarkable exploit" (Churchill)
• Losses of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla
• Birgu and the Fleet
Volume I Issue 4
• Glowworm's Gallant Fight
• Italy's Plans for Invasion
• "The Freshness of Spring..."
• The Navy's Here!
• Training the Maltese Gunners
• Maynard gets his Fighters
• The Scouts respond to the Call
• The Gallant Fight of the Glowworm
• Ramsay's Own Story
• A Tradition of Service
• "Let me tell you the whole story."
• Anticipating Gas Attacks
• Hitler invades Norway and Denmark
• Allied Troops land in Norway
• Terror joins the Defenders
• Early Plans to Invade Malta
• The Modern Crusader
• Stone Wall Camouflage
• Echoes of the Past
• French Tribute to Maltese Pilot
• German Bombers sink the Curlew
Volume I Issue 5
• The Glorious Tragedy
• Planning the Emergency Medical Services
• Reinforcing the Island's Defences
• The Miracle - and Tragedy - of Dunkirk
• "Gary Cooper always finds a way out"
• Illuminating the Enemy
• RAdio Detection And Ranging
• Shelters
• British Regiments - 1 : The Devons
• British Regiments - 2 : The Dorsets
• British Regiments - 3 : The West Kents
• British Regiments - 4 : The Irish Fusiliers
• British Regiments - 5 : The Manchesters
• British Regiments - 6 : The Royal Artillery
• The Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries
• The Tragedy of HMS Glorious
• Maltese Stewards Succumb to the Cold
• The Maltese Rating's Swan Song
• "There were no provisions in the rafts ..."
• A Cruel Death
• Why was HMS Glorious lost?
• Memorials to the Glorious Dead
• "What are you waiting for?"
• The Wailing Warning of War!
Volume I Issue 6
• The First Raids
• Diary of Events - September 1939-June 1940
• "That sunny morning"
• Airfields for the offensive against Malta
• Contrasting prayers to the Almighty
• Mussolini Declares War
• Malta - The Unconquered Isle
• An Outpost of the Brave
• One of the History's Great Defensive Operations
• The Dawn of War
• Bombs on Malta
• The Gladiators
• The First Days of the Aerial Siege
• Sliema under Fire
• My Friend was the First Victim
Volume I Issue 7
• The First Casualties
• Chief Justice Interned
• Rescued from under the rubble
• The boy who lost his legs
• Bombs on Zabbar Bormla bears the brunt
• First Maltese Soldiers Killed at St Elmo
• "I grabbed Busuttil by his arm..."
• Buried with military honours
• The lonely woman who remembered
• St Angelo launches sunk by mistake
• Refugees seek shelter at Floriana and Gozo
• Chief Justice removed from office
• My father was arrested
• Faith, Hope and Charity in paintings
• Bombs on Fort Salvatore
• Death of Sir Ugo Mifsud
• "We did not want to change flags"
• Wiehed Minnkom
• Fortress Malta
• Under the shadow of War
• A Governor of astonishing personal courage
• Birgu becomes a Ghost Town
• Partnership of Guns and Fighters
• Refugees
• The Fall of France
Volume I Issue 8
• The First Hurricanes
• Marsa Bus Tragedy
• First Italian Prisoners
• Governor asks for "a few effective fighters"
• Life in the Floriana Railway Tunnel
• Tragic day for Italian bombers
• Scouts serve as coast watchers
• Soup kitchens run by the Church
• Arrival of the Hurricanes
• "I brought the first Hurricanes"
• Maltese in Tunisia comfort RAF prisoners of war
• First Italian prisoners of World War Two
• My father was shot down over Malta
• Teachers to the fore
• Silent Sentinels
• Malta will fall in our hands
• French submarine Narval fights on
• Marsa bus tragedy
• My brother was on the bus ...
• British Cabinet's message to Malta
• RMA in action in Egypt
• Fiat CR42s replace Macchi 200s as bomber escorts
• Hurricanes claim their first kills
• The Malta Chronicle Folds Up
• French Floatplane flies to Malta to continue fight
Tests and Exercises 7
Volume I Issue 9
• Battle of Calabria
• Dogfights over Malta
• Dealing with Unexploded bombs
• Victims of Fear
• Men of Courage
• Royal Navy Welcomes Regia Marina
• Flashback to 1938
• Britain's Greatest Admiral since Nelson
• The Opposing Naval Forces
• Early Naval Losses
• Submarine Losses
• Opera House deed goes for a Song
• Shortage of Ammunition causes Concern
• The Battle of Calabria
• The Knight of Malta
• Dog-fights over Malta
• Faked British picture of Malta Barrage
• First RAF pilot to Die in the Defence of Malta
• The Civil Administrators
• A Young Girl's Nightmare
• Churchill Orders Illustrious to the Mediterranean
• Volunteers for Home Defence
• "Miracle" at Fgura
• The Travails of the Regia Aeronautica
• Early Days of the SC and ARP Corps
• Action off Cape Spada
• Mediterranean Fleet's concern for Malta
• Tribute to Keeble
• "We did not lose our heads"
Volume I Issue 10
• First Convoy
• Fighter Plane Fund
• Navy Flies in Hurricanes
• Stukas make their debut
• I Recognised the Italian Pilot
• Admiralty Praise for Dockyard Personnel
• DFC award to Burges
• We kept the People informed
• Keeping the People's Morale high
• Malta Fighter Plane Fund
• BBC Broadcast in Maltese
• War Sea in the Med
• Navy flies Hurricanes to Malta
• Malta-based Swordfish attack Sicily
• Eagle's Swordfish foil Human Torpedo attack
• No Known Grave
• Mussolini decorates Italian Fighter Ace
• Code Names for Malta Convoys
• Reinforcing the Mediterranean Fleet
• Operation Hats
• Italian Dive-bombers make their debut
• Gejj n-Navy! (The Navy's here!) Kemm hija sabiha! Alla maghha!
• "The Spirit of our Womenfolk"
• Picchiatelli over Malta
• "Tell my mother I am alive"
• A walk through Three Bombed Towns
• "I saw my daughter and her children die"
Volume I Issue 11
• Mines around Malta
• George Cross instituted
• Arrival of Reinforcements
• Wartime Paper Currency
• O Malta, O Malta
• Postal Services under fire
• The Battle of Britain
• "We in Malta are in good heart"
• Appeals for Economy
• Empire contributes to Malta Relief Fund
• Minesweeping around Malta
• Across the Gozo Channel
• German Leaders discuss Mediterranean Strategy
• "The Old Maltese Spirit rises again ..."
• New Long-Range Reconnaissance Unit
• King institutes the George Cross
• Governor inspects Scout Company
• "Malta seemed almost defenceless"
• Troops for Malta
• First Human Torpedo exploits
• Birindelli's Story
• Mobile Canteens for London
• Preparing against Invasion
• Cunnigham challenges Italian Navy
• Ajax sinks Italian Squadron
• A Humane Act
Volume I Issue 12
• Air Battles over Malta
• Wellington Crash at Qormi
• Internees
• Raid on Taranto
• War at Sea in the Med
• Aboard HMS Liverpool for Malta
• Liverpool Torpedoed
• The Aerosiluranti of the Regia Aeronautica
• Ta'Qali airfield becomes fully operational
• Maltese service wife survives largest liner loss
• The Campaign in Libya
• Mussolini attacks Greece
• Relief to Maltese in France, Tunisia and Greece ...
• ... and internees in Malta
• Maltese interned in Italy
• A Medical Student's ordeal in Italy
• War at Sea in the Med
• Governor warns against waste
• Tragedy at Qormi in Wellington crash
• Police Constable's Gallantry
• A Survivor Remembers
• Warning to the Press
• Times of Malta: Wartime centenarian
• Times of Malta: No visitors to the Cemetery
• British Regiments 7: The Buffs
• Malta's far reaching eyes
• The Photographs that sealed the fate of the Italian fleet
• Fleet Air Arm shatters Italian fleet
• Concurrent Operations with attack on Taranto
• Air Battles over Malta
• John A. Agius
Volume 2 Issue 1
• Operation White
• Valletta Shelters
• The ordeal of HMS Illustrious
• The tragedy of Operation White
• Otranto convoy sunk on Taranto night
• New Government Organisation to handle Convoys to Malta
• The Battle of Cape Spartivento
• War at Sea in the Med
• Royal Navy Bombards Valona
• Maltese welcome Admiral Cunningham
• Times of Malta: Diary - On the Malta Front
• A Very Moving Experience
• Living Underground in Valletta
• Dingli village in Wartime
• A poem: Air raid shelter in Valletta
• The trek back home
• Msida School receives Direct Hit
• Let's go to the Pictures
• Regia Aeronautica slackens its attacks
• Department's report on Civilian Casualties in 1940
• The Health situation under War Conditions
• War Sea in the Med
Volume 2 Issue 2
• Debut of the Luftwaffe
• Assault on Illustrious
• Reorganising the anti-aircraft defences
• Christmas 10940
• Rain curtails bombing
• Christmas Messages
• Christmas at Birgu
• Looking back on 1940
• Cunningham takes stock
• Luftwaffe flies south
• Diary of Events: June - December 1940
• Operation Excess
• War at Sea in the Med
• Assault on Illustrious
• The Debut of the Luftwaffe
• "We tried to put out the fires"
• "We saw the white of their eyes!"
• A Swordfish among the Stukas
• Illustrious limps into Grand Harbour
• Hitler's Directive to the Luftwaffe in Sicily
Volume 2 Issue 3
• The Illustrious blitz
• The Luftwaffe command structures
• The last flight of Maryland AR707
• The Brotherhood of Christ
• Looking after the wounded
• Hurricane pilot killed in accident
• Prisoners of war
• "I sewed up the human parts in bags"
• Malta strikes back
• "The towns round the harbour caught it terribly"
• "The Stukas are coming"
• "All hell was set loose ..."
• Maelstrom of Steel, Flame and Smoke
• "Victory Street was heaped up with rubble"
• A milestone in suffering and destruction
• The Miracle of the ss Essex
• Essex Engineer killed in Floriana Raid
• Luftwaffe met by deadly Box Barrage
• "Brave men, whose courage was worthy of a better cause ..."
• Dramatic Photograph of the Box Barrage
• "My mother died in the crypt under St Lawrence Church ..."
'Malta at War' is published monthly by © Copyright 2001 - BIEB BIEB (Malta)
Edited by John A. Mizzi & Assistant Editor Mark Anthony Vella
Our sincere thanks to John A. Mizzi for allowing us to use articles from ©2001 'MALTA AT WAR' BIEB BIEB to create exercises and tests.