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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Yes, he was captured.
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a naval battle?
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Yes, yes.
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And was put to work as a galley slave.
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a very effective commander for the knights.
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So you can imagine the sort of 10,000 defenders, including Maltese civilians and knights and hired mercenaries from Italy and things like that.
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What's the first sign that the Ottomans are in fact coming that summer, 1565?
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That's a terrifying
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And we should remember that people would be expected, if they're defeated in battle, if they hold out in the defeat in battle, they could be, well, killed, enslaved.
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This is an existential threat.
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So it's a fight to the death.
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And at that time, the Ottomans have been pretty dominant, haven't they?
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They've marched across Southeast Europe.
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They've marched across the Mediterranean.
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A lot of people would have thought they were unstoppable.
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So is that the first fort they attacked?
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So it's on the tip of what is now Valletta, probably the closest really to the open sea, isn't it?
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This is also, this is the beginning of the gunpowder age you mentioned earlier, like the ships carrying cannon, they've got cannon to put on the land.
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So is artillery a big part of this siege?
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So the Ottoman fleet of around 190 ships arrived in the Grand Harbour carrying an estimated 35,000 soldiers.
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