Dan Snow
speaker
15,236 appearances
105 recordings
11 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 2d ago
Dan Snow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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From the east came the fleet of the mighty Ottoman Empire, the one ruled over by Suleiman the Magnificent, a formidable assault force, 180 ships strong, carrying 40,000 men aboard, looming on the horizon to take control of Malta.
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It was 1565, and the fate of the Mediterranean hung in the balance.
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Standing in their way here were the Knights of St.
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John, just 500 of them and a few thousand Maltese soldiers and civilians.
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The Knights' leader was Jean de Valette, a battle-hardened warhorse, a veteran, a grand master in his 70s.
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And there'd be nothing gentlemanly about this fight.
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For four brutal months,
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Harbours around me now became killing grounds.
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Cannon fire shook the island day and night.
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Time and again, the Ottomans launched assault after assault, particularly on Fort St.
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Elmo, which is standing behind me now across the harbour.
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Again and again, the defenders refused to break.
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They fought back and they stopped the Ottomans in their tracks.
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This is one of history's greatest David and Goliath stories.
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And today, on Dan Snow's History Hit, I'm in Malta to tell you all about it.
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It's a beautiful summer's evening.
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The air is balmy.
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the sun is setting over the letter, I'm standing underneath the massive ramparts of Fort St Angelo and that's where I'm meeting Kirsty Greke, a curator with Heritage Malta because this is where everything reached a crisis all those centuries ago.
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So join us for this tale of clashing empires as we discover how this little island shaped the fate of Europe in the 16th century.
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Kirsty, good to see you.
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