List of wars involving Malta
This article is a list of wars and battles involving Malta.
Medieval period (before 1530)
[edit]Dates | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
870 | Siege of Melite part of the Arab–Byzantine wars | Byzantine Empire | Aghlabids | Aghlabid victory |
1053–1054 | Siege of Medina part of the Arab–Byzantine wars | Arabs | Byzantine Empire | Arab victory |
1091 | Norman invasion of Malta part of the Norman conquest of southern Italy | Arabs | Norman County of Sicily | Norman victory |
1283 | Battle of Malta part of the War of the Sicilian Vespers | Aragonese Kingdom of Sicily | Angevin Kingdom of Sicily | Aragonese victory |
1429 | Siege of Malta | Kingdom of Sicily Maltese civilians | Hafsid Kingdom | Maltese victory |
Order of Saint John (1530–1798)
[edit]French occupation (1798–1800)
[edit]Dates | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
1798–1800 | Siege of Malta part of the War of the Second Coalition | Maltese insurgents Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Naples | French Republic | Allied victory |
British protectorate and colony (1800–1964)
[edit]Dates | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
1940–1942 | Siege of Malta part of World War II | United Kingdom Malta Australia Canada New Zealand Union of South Africa Southern Rhodesia Supported by: Free France Greece Poland Norway United States | Italy Germany | Allied Victory |
Republic of Malta (1964–present)
[edit]Dates | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
2008–present | Operation Atalanta part of Piracy in Somalia | European Union | Somali pirates | Ongoing |