Perhaps this one should be in the pre 1900 forum. I would love to hear suggestions as to how Malta could have developed differently as eg A French colony, Portugese Colony, Part of Italy or remaining part of the UK or any other way!
Imagining A Different Malta?
- Thread starter SlickWilly
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As a Maltese person I find this idea pretty intriguing, perhaps Malta being firmly in the Soviet Block, to the point of having a naval base would be pretty interesting, then again don't know how that would work besides having an even more radical Dom Mintoff, or even instead of integration with Europe, they do just as the labour government wanted, and have close relations with north African state's such as Qaddafi's Libya. Lot's of possibilites 
Aw, man, I thought we were going to talk about a futile German airborne invasion of Malta here.
And yeah, pre 1900 would probably be better fit for this thread if you want to take the POD back as far as the initial British acquisition of the island.
And yeah, pre 1900 would probably be better fit for this thread if you want to take the POD back as far as the initial British acquisition of the island.
Oh, Malta the island. I thought you meant the Malta-class carriers.
Nevermind, then.
Marc A
Nevermind, then.
Marc A
Color Copycat gave me an idea. What if the Nazis go through with said airborn invasion successfully and then at the end of the war an ASB tells stalin he should go liberate the island and he does. Now the tiny island nation is very thankful and decides to be part of the soviet bloc and could even cause a cuban style missile crisis if nukes are put there but even if not it still would have naval and air bases that would really scare Italy and France
Aw, man, I thought we were going to talk about a futile German airborne invasion of Malta here.
Heh - I misread "Malta" as " Mafia"...
