WHOOPS! At 5:20 I make a big slip and say 1878 instead of 1798 for Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. I have absolutely no idea why I made this mistake, since I definitely knew it was 1798, and I also managed to miss it in editing, which is embarrassing. Sorry. Elsewhere in the video I get this date correct.

"Napoleon didn't endear himself to the Maltese" So, I guess you could say he made the Maltese cross.

British commander: What do we have to defend this island? His assistant: 4 cannons, 7 barrels of shot and powder, a bit of string, a ham sandwich, and this IOU from the Knights of Malta

So, the title should be more like "how the British defended Malta with only a tight budget + the largest and most expensive navy in the world"

Today I learned: - Ending the Cold War was good - Climbing hills while grenades are being dropped on you is bad - And for the love of all that is good, PAY ATTENTION TO HEDGEHOG.

I feel a bit silly that in the middle of the video I forgot 'having a huge navy' was the answer to 'how to defend an island'.

A few things stand out when listening to Lindybeige. He likes beige, which is Malta's predominant colour. He doesn't care for Napoleon. He _may_ be pro British.

"How did British troops defend Malta..." They wore beige!

Bit of a slip around 5:20, Lindy. Napoleon's invasion of Egypt began in 1798. I know you don't like the man but even you would have to be impressed if he'd invaded Egypt fifty years after his death.

My Grandfather was RM Commando, defended Malta during the siege and ran intelligence and raids outta there. Just he and his mate took it upon themselves during the siege to lead the supply ships by dingy, through the sea mines to port. He was awarded the Maltese Cross for this. He got his medal in the 90s. They didn't have any medals left at the time, as everything was melted down to make ammo.

I don't know why, but something tells me Lloyd doesn't like Napoleon.

As a french, i love the relation with english people, it's like we fight together to be at peace for fighting each other like teen brothers

I imagine someone having a lay over there and looking out the window and going: "Yup, that's the whole country."

This channel is a gem. Nothing like history and humor combined. Much appreciated good sir!

"And nuns abound!" is one of the most strangely entertaining phrases I've encountered in a while

"The British sank the ship" makes it sort of sound like the Maltese treasure might be recoverable. It isn't. L'Orient's magazine exploded in a most spectacular manner, and the biggest piece of her that remained, a short chunk of mainmast, was used to make Nelson's coffin.

Lindy: The Pharaos,the Ptolemys, the venicians, the ottomans, Napoleon! Trajan: How dare you forget about me you puny britannian!

Lindy “Napoleon was worse than Hitler” Beige

"I don't think it's Roman... I think it's Phoenician" made me laugh out loud

"Catholicism has broken out on all sides" Lmao Lindy

Hi, Thanks for this interesting post, I would like to mention 3 points. Firstly, the Victoria lines actually built on a fault, rather than a ridge or escarpment. This fault in the rocks splits the island in two. There are loads of faults on the island, some of which created the Dingli cliffs, as well as the island (rock) of Filfla which was visible in the clip discussing the cliffs Secondly, Gharghur is actually pronounced 'ARAWWR' (sorry, I do not know phonetic alphabet). The GARGUR pronounciation became popular amongst locals who got tired of explaining what they menat as a location when talking to the British (Similarly Siggiewi, was pronounced as SIGGI-WIGGI on British Forces Radio). Thirdly, at 30:00 when you where showing the Ground Satellite Stations and joking about Phoenician or Roman, there could be seen another British Military innovation that was used to defend Malta in the second world war against air attack from Italy. It is known locally as "il-widna" or "the ear" and this was a large parabolic wall that focused sounds coming from Italy's direction to a microphone placed in front of it. It was meant to warn the defenders of increased air activity coming from that direction (a precursor to the Radar I suppose). Kind regards, Malcolm

"They decided to end the Cold War, which was nice."

OK. "Paying my mortgage since 2020" was quite funny

Oh wow! Now I know how to defend a strategically important not-too-small island in the 18th century! Thank you Lindybeige!

As for how the Royal Navy would affect the existence of an invading army on Malta in the early nineteenth century: probably not by bombardment at all (impractical, easy to get army out of range or sheltered by terrain) but simply by cutting its supply lines and saying “Ahaa!”

As a Brit living in Malta, and a steadfast lindyfan, this is the perfect content!

Reasons to become a pirate: -Shoulder pets -Everyone loves the accent

My Dad was a "German" soldier killed in the film 'The Guns of Navarone' part of which was filmed in Gozo. He got a crate of beer as payment along with other Matelots taking part.

5:18 In 1879 Napoleon became so evil that he returned from the dead.

I saw the title and thought: "Great! I have always wanted to know more about the career of the Roman general Pompey!"

I generally skip thru the advertising... but on this channel I wouldn’t dream of it. Even the ads are so darn entertaining!

Cheers Lloyd! As a Maltese I can assure you, tea is still the main fuel for many, drudging on the daily grind.

"I'm sure that was entirely fair and... I'm not bitter." LOL

“Sponsored by corses plus... we will get to them in due corse” Well played lindy >.> well played indeed sir

My favorite thing about Catholicism is how subtle their traditions are.

Curiously enough, Genoa was also fairly important for the UK for reaching the Suez canal. So much that man British men had a stable foot in the city. So many that they imported a notorious sport right there for the first time, with was football. Even more interesting is that in the local language, Genoese, football is named "Ballon" pronounced like the English word "Balloon" whereas for the rest of Italy it was named "Calcio" meaning Kick. Also in Liguria many gergal words related to football are in English, contrary to the rest of Italy. I reckon Genoa tried any desperate maneuver to avoid unification with the ever hated Savoy, even asked to be assimilated to the United Kingdom à la Gibraltarian way. It would have beeen fun to have an Italo-british reality nowadays I believe. Anyways, we would have saved on flags!

That outback hat looks good on you Lindyana Jones.

How about some new "Lloyd Rants", or something like that, to tide us over in the ever increasing interims between long form videos?

5:17 Truly the most ambitious corpse in the world

I went to school with a boy from Malta. He proudly told me square mile for mile as result of WWII Malta holds the record for the most bombed state in the world. I didn't question this. It was pre-internet and i was fourteen and polite. His name was Kevin; top of the school in maths he wanted to be a jet fighter pilot when he grew up. I hope he achieved his dream.

Another handy thing that comes with having the Royal Navy at your side, the ships carrying your loot are much more likely to carry their cargo back to Britain intact.

Before becoming an actor, David Niven served on Malta. He wrote in his autobiography about the horrendous and seemingly ceaseless ringing of the bells on Malta - glad to see that almost a century later things haven't changed!

Only a Britishman would refer to Napoleon as being on the level of Mao.

Tordenskjold's attack on Dynekilen in the Great Northern War, although perhaps intended as a raid, is an example of the succesful capture of a fortified city from the sea. A story worthy of an episode!

“Catholicism has broken out on all sides”. The horror!

I sometimes forget how much I desperately need and thoroughly enjoy a Lindybeige video.

Parallel waving or "Air Accordion" as our musical friends call it.

When Lindybeige announces The Great Courses Plus as the video’s sponsor, I’m really looking forward for the ad segment. ^^

When the crusaders sacked Constantinople doing The fourth crusade in 1204, the succesful attack (on the most fortified city in the world) was from water. The crusaders tried an attack from both land and sea first, but the attack on land failed so badly that the next attack only came from water. Of course you could argue that attacking from The Golden Horn doesn’t count as attacking from the sea, but just saying succesfull naval city invasions do happen.

Being Maltese, I'm glad that at least one big KZfaq channel semi-regularly remembers we exist

Just found this channel and I love it. History, humor and that accent all in one, count me in. If he had been one of my professors maybe I'd be doing more then cutting grass to make ends meet and streaming videogames for charitys.

Love the way he describes everything. He has a very particular way of speaking and I love it

As someone who is Maltese I must say I'm really impressed with your pronunciation of Maltese place names they are spot on!! Great video as always

I travelled to Malta in April 2019. I visited those places. I feel special watching this video

I like how Lindybeige is still able to make use of additional footage from that time he took a trip to Malta in 2015.

Always something informative to see here. Especially appreciate it when you mention our small island.

Is the Hannibal project still active?

If only we’d accepted Malta perhaps I could get a decent holiday.

Thank you Lindybeige, for your quality historical lectures. Cheers from across the pond, and take care over there.

Love these long form videos. Really interesting. My wife and I love Malta and can't wait to go back and look at all the bits of history we didn't have time to see.

In typical British fashion, Lindy takes every opportunity he has to dunk on the French. We let them laugh as long as they can, until we get back to them, eventually. Anyway. I remember Malta as a dry and hot rock, covered with churches. Also barbary fig. It was quite some time ago, though, and I was pretty young...

"Napoleon was worse than Stalin" - just a reminder he actually said this

Lloyd is just the best storyteller. He could talk about carpet samples for half an hour and make it interesting

Amazing video your old Malta videos inspired me and some of my friends to holiday there in 2017

I'm no Napolean defender, but only a Brit could put him higher on the level of evilness than Ghenghis Khan, Pol Pot, Stalin, Lenin, and even Hitler. At least you still put Mao above him though. Keep up the great videos.

Bro... Can you please finish Hannibal! Everyone had paid you YEARS in advance!

Love your travel history videos like these

Fascinating as always. Was incredibly interesting to listen to you!

After 7th grade I didn't have a history teacher that was more knowledgeable on the topic than me. Reading a 18 book set on WW1 three times isn't a normal hobby. I always learn something new with your videos, thank you

The British Empire , so glorious that they conquered Malta by accident one afternoon just after tea :D

My favourite Lindybeige video - a hilarious romp through history and around a very beautiful island, where I lived as a small child - by courtesy of the Royal Navy. You left out a couple of Fairey Swordfish, and the fact that Malta is the only island in the world to have been awarded a medal for the fortitude of its people in WWII - the George Cross. So I have huge respect for Malta G.C.. This video also looks like the best possible advert for Adult ADHD, but I do most sincerely apologise if I've got that wrong, it's not intended as an insult. We British used to call it 'eccentricity', and seem to have built an empire on the basis of it. Far better than psychopathy, like those Ancient Roman fellows.

haven't seen this guy for years on KZfaq! just disappeared from my feed completely! so glad to have found you again.

YAY, a Lindybeige video!

Lloyd you're an absolute legend! We need more videos! ❤️

Only Lindy can do a 4+ minute blurb for a sponsor that is entertaining and I am ok with that.

absolutely love your channel ,keep up the great work

D Day might be a good example of the difficulty of land seizure from the sea.

Lindy... it seems people want to know! Hannibal? Not that I am overly anxious for it, I know it takes a loooot of time to complete a book, even moreso for a graphic novel. But still... Hannibal?

Love that he is still making videos at this quality. Makes me happy.

Thank you The Great Courses Plus, and thank you Lindy

YOu got the napoleon dates wrong, it's not 1879, it's 1798 o4 something like that

Lovely island, was there with my British friends and I expected to do some historically interesting sight seeing, but I soon realized I was with British men and we went boozing for 7 days straight...

Yes! More Malta videos, after 5 years! Thank you!

Merħba! I'm from Malta and a fan of this channel! This video was very fun to watch and educational, I hope you enjoyed your stay here!

I can sum up the British plan to defend Malta with what they had, and their Strategic thinking. "Hold until relieved. Hold until relieved."

I happened to check at the best time to see this new video! Was only 6 seconds old whenI found it

Excellent video Mr Beige, the perfect accompaniment to ones morning repast.

A new Lindybeige... just in time for my morning coffee! Excellent

Thanks for saving my night of insomnia 👍

As a Maltese I thank you for shining light on our country.

Lovely to see you again Lindy.

Love your videos man. Way to make history that much more interesting

I swear this is the only channel where i see a long run time and immediately watch it

Ah the merch' possibilities 🤣 *Johnny Foreigner* *Napoleon "the Git"*

Yay! A lindybeige video. Knowledge + tangents = entertaining. Glorious.

The area of Malta and that of Gozo added together is about that of Isle of Wight, yep, it's small. The main runway at Luqa airport airport is actually very long, because the two neighbouring military airfields of Luqa and Safi were merged. Also, When Napoleon attacked Malta, the Maltese were a subject people. It was the knights of St John who failed to put up any significant resistance.

British history Jesus uploaded 10/10

Lindybeige, finally admitting which is his favourite -child- sponsor.

Thanks... another brilliant lecture!

Very fun and interesting vid, thank you!