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Suleiman the Magnificent, the most powerful ruler in the world, was determined to conquer Europe. Only one thing stood in his way: a dot of an island in the Mediterranean called Malta, occupied by the Knights of St. John, the cream of the warriors of the Holy Roman Empire. A clash of civilizations the likes of which had not been seen since Persia invaded Greece was shaping up. Determined to capture Malta and use its port to launch operations against Europe, Suleiman sent an armada and a overwhelming army. A few thousand defenders in Fort St. Elmo fought to the last man, enduring cruel hardships. When they captured the fort, the Turks took no prisoners and mutilated the defenders' bodies. Grand Master La Vallette of the Knights reciprocated by decapitating his Turkish prisoners and using their heads to cannonade the enemy. Then the battle for Malta began in earnest: no quarter asked, none given.

Knights of Malta --- Caballeros de San Juan --- Cavalieri di San Giovanni --- Cavalieri ospitalieri --- Cavalieri di Malta --- Cavalieri di Rodi --- Cavalieri di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme --- Cavalieri Gerosolimitani --- Cavalieri giovanniti --- Charitativní rytířský řád špitálu sv. Jana Křtitele Jeruzalémského --- Chevaliers de Malte --- Chevaliers de Rhodes --- Chevaliers de Saint-Jean-de-Jérusalem --- Fursān al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā --- Gerosolimitani --- Giovanniti --- Hospitalers of St. John of Jerusalem, Order of the --- Jerusalem, Knights of the Order of St. John of --- Jerusalem, Order of the Knights of St. John of --- Jeruzsálemi Szent János (Máltai) Lovagrend --- Joannici --- Johanité --- Johannita Lovagrend --- Johannita Rend --- Johanniter-Orden --- Johanniterorden --- Kavallieri Ospitalieri ta' l-Ordni ta' San Ġwann --- Knights Hospitalers --- Knights Hospitalers of St. John of Jerusalem --- Knights Hospitaller --- Knights of Rhodes --- Knights of St. John of Jerusalem --- Malta, Knights of --- Máltai Lovagrend --- Malteser-Orden --- Maltézstí rytíři --- Malʹtiĭskiĭ orden --- OMelit --- Ordem de S. João de Jerusalem --- Ordem Hospitalaria de S. João de Jerusalem --- Orden de los Caballeros Hospitalarios de San Juan de Jerusalén --- Orden de Malta --- Orden de San Juan de Jerusalén --- Orden Hospitalaria de San Juan de Jerusalén --- Orden Svi︠a︡togo Ioanna Ierusalimskogo --- Order of Malta --- Order of St. John (Malta) --- Order of St. John of Jerusalem --- Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem --- Ordine dei Cavalieri di S. Giovanni --- Ordine dei Cavalieri di San Giovanni --- Ordine dei Cavalieri giovanniti --- Ordine dei giovanniti --- Ordine di Malta --- Ordine di S. Giovanni --- Ordine di San Giovanni --- Ordine di S. Giovanni di Gerusalemme --- Ordine di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme --- Ordine di San Giovanni gerosolimitano --- Ordine gerosolimitano --- Ordine giovannita --- Ordine ospitaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme --- Ordni ta' San Ġwann --- Ordni tal-Kavallieri ta' San Ġwann --- Ordo Joanitarum --- Ordo Melitensium --- Ordo Sancti Iohannis --- Ordo Sancti Johannis --- Ordre de l'Hôpital Saint-Jean de Jérusalem --- Ordre de Malte --- Ordre de Saint-Jean-de-Jérusalem --- Ordre des Hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem --- Ordre S.M.H. de Malte --- Ordre souverain de Malte --- Ordre souverain de Saint Jean de Jérusalem --- Ordre souverain de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, de Rhodes et de Malte --- Ordre souverain militaire de Malte --- Ordre souverain militaire et hiérosolymitain de Malte --- Ordre souverain militaire et hospitalier de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, de Rhodes et de Malte --- Ospedalieri di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme --- Ritterlicher Orden St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem --- Ritterlicher Orden St. Johannis zu Jerusalem --- Rhodes, Knights of --- Rycerski Zakon Świętego Jana --- Soberana Militar Orden de Malta --- Soberana Orden Militar de Malta --- Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta --- Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Malta --- Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta --- Sovereign Military Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta --- Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem --- Sovrano militare ordine di Malta --- Sovrano militare Ordine di S. Giovanni di Gerusalemme --- Sovrano militare Ordine di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme --- Sovrano militare ordine di San Giovanni gerosolimitano --- Sovrano militare ordine ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme --- Sovrano militare ordine ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta --- St. John of Jerusalem, Knights of the Order of --- Szent János Lovagrend --- Szpitalnicy Św. Jana --- Zakon "Joannitów" --- Zakon Maltański --- Zakon Rycerzy Jerozolimskiego Szpitala św. Jana Chrzciciela --- Knights of the Holy Sepulcher --- Antonine Canons --- Canons of the Holy Sepulcher --- Johanniter Orde in Nederland --- History. --- Malta --- History