Tag: World War 2
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Part 5 of the Economic and Social History of Late Modern Malta: WW2 (The turning point)
This is part 5 of the series of lectures on the Economic and Social History of Late Modern Malta. Watch the video below. Other parts also listed below. Lecture 1 found here. Lecture 2 founder here. Lecture 3 found here. Lecture 4 found here. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher
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Updated: World War 2 hand-grenade found in Imqabba
Updated 1500CET Emergency services are on site in Triq Il-Paroċċa, Imqabba after an undetonated World War 2 bomb has been found. The AFM’s bomb disposal unit is also on site to detonate the bomb. The area has been cleared. After further investigation, it has resulted that the bomb in question is a British hand grenade…
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More World War 2 shelters unraveled in Paola
At least two World War 2 shelters have been unraveled in Paola during separate works. Vigilante archeologist Conrad Neil Gatt played an important role to monitor the sites and pressure the authorities to conserve the sites and make them accessible to the public. One of the shelters has been unraveled during works in the new…
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Historic Saint Julian’s spy house to be replaced by a hotel
A historic house in St Julian’s, which served as a base for British intelligence operations during the Second World War, is under risk of demolition and earmarked to be replaced by a hotel. The site was originally built in 1916 and was used as a covert base for counter-intelligence operations led by Colonel Bertram Ede, a…
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Today is Victory Day
On May 7th right before midnight, German Chief of the Operations Staff, Alfred Jodl, accompanied by his aide and Grand Admiral Hans Georg von Friedeburg, signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces in Europe at General Eisenhower’s HQ in Reims, France. The surrender came into force on May 8th, officially ending World War II:…
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One of my favourite photos from the War
The photo shows the Dockyard Defence Battery with a Bofors anti-aircraft gun. These men participated in the toughest and most gruelling fights in Malta against the Nazis given they were positioned in the highest priority target for the Nazis: the Admiralty Dockyard. The Grand Harbour and the Dockyard experienced their first hell in 1941 when…
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Food imports of 1938
Here’s the Malta Blue Books imports and exports section of 1938, but I’m posting this mainly for the interesting selection of sources of food imports. Of course, there is the overwhelming presence of Britain and the British Empire. Importing food in Malta during the Second World War was a very gruelling task and convoys had…
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When Malta withstood and defeated the Nazis
Today, Malta commemorates Santa Marija and the arrival of the US convoy from Britain in the Second World War that broke the Nazi blockade and gave a renewed lifelien to the Islands. Malta, then the most bombed-placed on Earth, was teetering with starvation. Having been bombed on a daily basis by the Nazis, the Maltese…
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When Europe capitulated to Adolf Hitler: the Munich Agreement
This photo will forever remain etched in the history of European shame. This is when Britain and France got together to appease Hitler, basically capitulating to his demands over annexing the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Up to 150,000 Czechs were displaced as a result and the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said about the agreement:…