Dan Snow

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Dan Snow's History Hit · Knights vs Ottomans: The Great Siege of Malta · 17 Sep 2026 podcast

They didn't strike immediately at Fort St Angelo, the Knights' stronghold, their headquarters. voice-verified

They turned their sights instead to Fort St Elmo, a small strategically placed fort that guards access to two of Malta's main harbours. voice-verified

Whoever controls that fort controls access to those harbours. voice-verified

On the 27th of May, the Ottomans opened fire. voice-verified

Contemporary sources describe hundreds of cannon firing almost continuously. voice-verified

Day after day, forts and elmo took a pummeling. voice-verified

Walls were smashed apart into little more than piles of rubble. voice-verified

But every night, the knights inside did their best to rebuild their defences. voice-verified

They repaired the breaches. voice-verified

They hauled fresh ammunition. voice-verified

They treated the wounded. voice-verified

They were ready for another onslaught the following day. voice-verified

So the Ottoman army is spending weeks just battering the walls with its cannons and trying to create breaches in the walls that they can attack through? voice-verified

So at times there would have been hand-to-hand fighting in those breaches and they're just taking, they're just advancing just a few metres at a time. voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

Like First World War, the kind of fighting we think about in the First World War. voice-verified

But St Elmo does its job and it holds out for a month? voice-verified

By the night of the 22nd of June, Fort St Elmo was in ruins. voice-verified

The handful of surviving defenders knew the end was coming. voice-verified

They gathered in the fort's tiny chapel to celebrate Mass. voice-verified

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