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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Great_Siege_of_Malta
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gptkbp:casualties
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Order of Saint John: 2,000–3,000 killed, wounded, or missing
Ottoman Empire: 25,000–35,000 killed, wounded, or missing
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Spanish_Empire
gptkb:order_of_merit
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Dragut
gptkb:Mustafa_Pasha
gptkb:Jean_Parisot_de_Valette
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gptkbp:endDate
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11 September 1565
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Lepanto
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod
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16th century
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gptkbp:involvedFortifications
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gptkb:Senglea
gptkb:Fort_St._Elmo
gptkb:Fort_St._Angelo
gptkb:Fort_St._Michael
gptkb:Birgu
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gptkbp:legacy
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Commemorated in Maltese culture
Inspired European resistance to Ottoman expansion
Subject of numerous artworks and literature
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Malta
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Blockade_of_Malta
Arrival of Ottoman fleet
Arrival of Spanish relief force
Death of Dragut
Destruction of Fort St. Elmo
Failed Ottoman assault on Birgu
Failed Ottoman assault on Senglea
Malta awarded the Cross of St. John
Use of artillery
Use of fire ships
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gptkbp:notableParticipant
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gptkb:Knights_Hospitaller
gptkb:Corsairs
gptkb:Janissaries
gptkb:Sipahi
gptkb:Maltese_militia
Spanish soldiers
Sicilian relief force
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Ottoman–Habsburg_wars
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Siege_of_Tripoli_(1551)
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gptkbp:relatedWork
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gptkb:The_Great_Siege_(novel_by_Ernle_Bradford)
gptkb:The_Great_Siege_of_Malta_(book)
gptkb:The_Religion_(novel_by_Tim_Willocks)
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gptkbp:result
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Order of Saint John victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Halted Ottoman expansion into the western Mediterranean
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gptkbp:startDate
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18 May 1565
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Mediterranean
gptkb:Naval_Forces,_Mediterranean
gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Siege of Malta
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