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Siege of Malta (1940)

Siege of Malta
Part of the Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre of the Second World War
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Service personnel and civilians clear up debris on a heavily bomb-damaged street in Valletta, Malta on 1 May 1942
Date 11 June 1940 – 20 November 1942
(2 years, 5 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location Malta
Result Decisive Allied victory
Belligerents

 United Kingdom

 Australia
 Canada
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Southern Rhodesia

 Italy
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Andrew Cunningham
United Kingdom William Dobbie
United Kingdom Keith Park
United Kingdom Hugh Lloyd
Nazi Germany Hans Geisler
Nazi Germany Albert Kesselring
Nazi Germany Martin Harlinghausen
Kingdom of Italy Francesco Pricolo
Strength
716 fighters over the course of the campaign c. 2,000 aircraft over the course of the campaign
Casualties and losses
369 fighters (air)
64 fighters (ground)
1 Battleship
2 aircraft carriers
4 cruisers
19 destroyers
38 submarines
2,301 airmen killed or wounded
30,000 buildings destroyed or damaged
1,300 civilians killed
357 German aircraft
175 Italian aircraft
72 percent of the Italian Navy transport fleet lost
23 percent of the Axis merchant fleet lost
2,304 merchant ships sunk
17,240 killed at sea
~50 German U-Boats (in entire MTO)
Italian submarine losses ~16

 United Kingdom

 Australia
 Canada
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Southern Rhodesia


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