When air raid alarms are sounded in Malta, people caught in the streets take cover in shelters and tunnels which were used by the knights and people of Malta in the Great Siege of 1565, when.the Turks were attacking the island.
There is no danger in Malta from incendiary bombs. Fire damage is practically unknown there, because of the lack of inflammable building materials.
Houses built of the local stone make excellent shelters, as they are built so strongly.
I was told at the offices of the Trade Commissioner for Malta: "There is a memorial in Malta to "The glorious memory of the children who fought by the side of their elders,' in the siege of 1565.
"If the Italians tried to invade Malta the same thing would happen again. Everyone would want to fight them. The Maltese hate the Italians."
Malta has a population of 265,000.
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