From May to September 1565 the Ottoman Empire besieged this Mediterranean island
- Cyprus
- Ibizar
- Malta
- Rhodes
Malta. The 6,100 troops of the Knights of Malta successfully defended the island fortress against some 40,000 Moslem soldiers from the Islamic empire.
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