Dan Snow
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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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imagine they'd be able to get to the other forts by land or did they think an enemy army might control the land they'd have to just go in little boats between the forts it's a kind of strange way of organizing yourself
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of the Second World War.
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To block it off the boats.
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OK, so you're fortifying the seaward end, the landward end, you're putting chains between them.
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It's a massive operation, sounds very expensive.
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In the build-up to this siege you've got constant building work, just local people being conscripted and just building these massive fortifications.
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In the late 1550s, the knights of St.
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John were right to build their fortifications high and their defences strong.
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The Ottomans were tearing across Europe and the Mediterranean.
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The forces of Suleiman the Magnificent, fearsome on both land and at sea.
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They'd been locked in an arduous campaign against the Habsburgs in central Europe.
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They'd been fighting the Persians.
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They'd rampaged across the Mediterranean and the Near East, taking control of Greece, the Balkans, Western Anatolia, Egypt and much of the Red Sea.
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The fleets of the Spanish, Venetians and Genoese were locked in fierce battles with the great Ottoman commanders, like the infamous Dragut, one of the most feared corsairs of the 16th century.
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It was only a matter of time before they arrived at Malta.
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But the Knights of St John also had a formidable leader of their own, the battle-hardened Grand Master, John le Vallette, whom the capital city of Valletta is now named after.
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Tell me about the Grand Master that is elected in 1557, this new Grand Master.
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He was captured, wasn't he?
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