List of wars involving Malta

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This article is a list of wars and battles involving Malta.

## Medieval period (before 1530)

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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)

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Dates  | Name of Conflict  | Belligerents  | Outcome

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Allies  | Enemies
1535  | Conquest of Tunis
part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars |  Empire of Charles V:

* Spain
* Holy Roman Empire
* Kingdom of Naples
* Kingdom of Sicily
* County of Flanders

Republic of Genoa
Kingdom of Portugal
Papal States
Order of Saint John

|  Ottoman Empire | Allied victory
1538  | Battle of Preveza
part of the Ottoman–Venetian Wars | Holy League:
Republic of Venice
Spain
Papal States
Republic of Genoa
Order of Saint John |  Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory
1541  | Expedition against Algiers
part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars |  Empire of Charles V:

* Spain
* Holy Roman Empire
* Kingdom of Naples
* Kingdom of Sicily

Republic of Genoa
Papal States
Order of Saint John

|  Regency of Algiers | Ottoman victory
1551  | Invasion of Gozo and Siege of Tripoli
part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars |  Order of Saint John |  Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory
1560  | Battle of Djerba
part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars |  Republic of Genoa
Republic of Venice
Spain
Papal States
Duchy of Savoy
Order of Saint John |  Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory
1565  | Great Siege of Malta
part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars |  Order of Saint John
Kingdom of Spain
Kingdom of Sicily |  Ottoman Empire | Allied victory
1571  | Battle of Lepanto
part of the Ottoman–Habsburg and Ottoman–Venetian Wars |  Holy League:

* Republic of Venice
* Spanish Empire (with Naples and Sicily)
* Republic of Genoa
* Papal States
* Grand Duchy of Tuscany
* Duchy of Savoy
* Duchy of Urbino
* Order of Saint John

|  Ottoman Empire | Allied Victory
1586  | Battle of Pantelleria
part of the Anglo-Spanish War |  Spanish Empire
Order of Saint John |  Kingdom of England | English victory
1614  | Raid of Żejtun
part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars |  Order of Saint John |  Ottoman Empire | Maltese victory
1645–1669  | War of Candia
part of the Ottoman–Venetian Wars |  Republic of Venice
Order of Saint John
Papal States
France
Maniots |  Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory
1684–1699  | Morean War
part of the Ottoman–Venetian Wars |  Republic of Venice
Order of Saint John
Duchy of Savoy
Papal States
Knights of St. Stephen
Himariotes
Maniots
Greek rebels |  Ottoman Empire | Allied victory
1714–1718  | War of Corfu
part of the Ottoman–Venetian Wars |  Republic of Venice
Austria
Portugal
Order of Saint John
Papal States
Spain
Himariotes |  Ottoman Empire | Allied victory
1784  | Bombardment of Algiers
part of the Spanish-Barbary Conflicts |  Spain
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Order of Saint John
Portugal |  Regency of Algiers | Allied victory
1798  | French invasion of Malta
part of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798 |  Order of Saint John |  French Republic | French victory

## French occupation (1798–1800)

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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)

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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)

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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

## See also

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* History of Malta

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* Abkhazia
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Dependencies and
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* Åland
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* Guernsey
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