This video explores Malta's extensive network of hand-hewn bomb shelter tunnels, dug during World War II. Due to the island's strategic importance in the Mediterranean, it endured intense aerial bombardment for two years. The Maltese population, accustomed to working with the local soft limestone for construction and water cisterns, managed to create a vast underground shelter system capable of housing the entire populace. The video visits the tunnels under the Malta At War Museum, showcasing this historical engineering feat that protected civilians from substantial casualties.
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