<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II)" id="mwAR0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Malta (World War II)">Siege of Malta</a> begins with a series of Italian air raids.<sup about="#mwt54" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_11#cite_note-9" id="mwAR4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAR8">[9]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"><cite about="#mwt51" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBuxton2008">Buxton, Ian (2008) [First published 1978]. <i id="mwBrA">Big gun monitors<span id="mwBrE" typeof="mw:DisplaySpace"> </span>: design, construction and operations 1914-1945</i> (2nd Revised<span id="mwBrI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>ed.). Barnsley, UK: Pen &amp; Sword. c. 8.6, para. 2. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBrM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBrQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-1-84415-719-8" id="mwBrU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84415-719-8"><bdi id="mwBrY">978-1-84415-719-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt51" class="Z3988" id="mwBrc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Big+gun+monitors+%3A+design%2C+construction+and+operations+1914-1945&amp;rft.place=Barnsley%2C+UK&amp;rft.pages=c.+8.6%2C+para.+2&amp;rft.edition=2nd+Revised&amp;rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword&amp;rft.date=2008&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-84415-719-8&amp;rft.aulast=Buxton&amp;rft.aufirst=Ian&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+11"></span></span>