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September 8, 1565
The lifting of the Great Siege of Malta on September 8, 1565
Popular legend claims the Ottoman army fled Malta in a single miraculous morning after months of holy war. What actually broke the most celebrated siege of the sixteenth century before the relief ships ever struck a blow?
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