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Title: | A Maltese hero of the American Civil War : Orlando Emanuel Caruana |
Authors: | Darmanin, Denis Anthony |
Keywords: | Maltese -- United States Maltese Americans Malta -- Emigration and immigration -- 19th century United States -- Emigration and immigration -- 19th century United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Caruana, Orlando Emmanuel, 1858-1917 |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | The Company of Military Historians |
Citation: | Darmanin, D. A. (2021). A Maltese hero of the American Civil War : Orlando Emanuel Caruana. Journal of the Company of Military Historians, 73(1), 19-22. |
Abstract: | Malta is an island in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, which many have labelled it as the hub of the old world since from ancient times, the Mediterranean basin was the centre of travels, commerce, and wars. First colonized by the Phoenicians in 700 BC, which fell to the Roman Republic in 218 BC, followed the Byzantines in the sixth century AD, then by the Aghlabids in 870 AD, when the islands remained sparsely populated for a few centuries until the arrival of the Arabs in the 11th century. The islands were conquered by the Normans of Sicily in 1091, and gradually dominated by successive feudal rulers including the Swabians, the Aragonese, and eventually the Spanish. King Charles I of Spain offered the islands to the Order of St. John in 1530, who remained until ousted by Napoleon in 1798. The Maltese rebelled against the French who were ousted with the help from Britain, after a blockade of two years. Malta officially became a British possession in 1814 and remained a colony until 1964, when granted independence. Malta is much renowned for being the Nurse of the Mediterranean during the First World War and better for its heroic stand during the Second World War, for which Britain awarded the George Cross to the "People of Malta." |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/126680 |
Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCWHMlt |
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