A very Maltese Civil War....

[Vanvlak]

Well this civil war business got me thinking.....
June 1939 - an Italophile group commemorates the 20th anniversary of the 1919 Bread Riots (Sette Giugno) in order to foment discontent with British rule. Finding stronger support in the populace than what happened in real life, they foment unrest and in the meantime start sabotage activities. Will the Italians intervene? Will the British pull out? Suspense!

[Westfalia Chris]

Now, while I´m all for some daring commando actions around Fort St. Elmo, WHERE WILL THIS CIVIL WAR BUSINESS END?!?

Hmmm... a secession of the Münsterland under Bishop Graf von Galen forming a Theocratic Freistaat and excommunicating Nazis and Communists... (hey, if you can speculate wildly, so can I!) "A very Westphalian Civil War"?

Seriously, I think Malta could be rather interesting! I wonder, though, if you could add some Spaniards to the mix, Franco´s Expeditionary Corps?

[joroas]

Not forgetting that Maltesers have a harder centre..................

[carlos marighela]

I used to have Maltese neighbours a few years ago, very nice folk on the whole but they used to stage a very noisy civil war at least once a fortnight.

The cause invariably seemed to be the husband returning late from a session of drinking coffee or maybe something stronger and playing cards with his mates, well, near as we could ascertain. Given there was 20 foot gap between our respective properties and they favoured the steel roller shutter look on all portals, we adjudged that they were possessed of strong feelings when roused and pretty healthy lungs. I'd hate to see or hear a real Maltese civil war.

[Florin]

Well this civil war business got me thinking.....
June 1939 - an Italophile group commemorates the 20th anniversary of the 1919 Bread Riots (Sette Giugno) in order to foment discontent with British rule. Finding stronger support in the populace than what happened in real life, they foment unrest and in the meantime start sabotage activities. Will the Italians intervene? Will the British pull out? Suspense!

wasn't there some real trouble later between the nationalist and the labour party and some trade unions? one could transfer this a little back in time, in the pre-war period.

well, these old maltese cities and forts woul shure give a great scenery for wargamig (quit a lot of construction work for the playing tables...)

[Vanvlak]

Not forgetting that Maltesers have a harder centre..................

It's actually crispy and filled with air....

[Vanvlak]

Seriously, I think Malta could be rather interesting! I wonder, though, if you could add some Spaniards to the mix, Franco´s Expeditionary Corps?

We-ell - the Italophiles collect weapons and stage protests to commemorate the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sette_Giugno  bread riot victims. In the meantime, saboteurs have infiltrated the island.
The British, considering abandoning the island to appease Italy (this was actually proposed at one point) has a reduced garrison  on the island.
The Italians and some Spanish volunteers land on the island to aid the uprising.
The anglophile part of the population and the remaining garrison hold out, and try to keep things that way in the hope that the RN returns and brings troops to set things aright.

[Vanvlak]

I used to have Maltese neighbours a few years ago, very nice folk on the whole but they used to stage a very noisy civil war at least once a fortnight.

You get that sort of phenomenon locally.

[Vanvlak]

wasn't there some real trouble later between the nationalist and the labour party and some trade unions? one could transfer this a little back in time, in the pre-war period.

well, these old maltese cities and forts would sure give a great scenery for wargamig (quit a lot of construction work for the playing tables...)

Oww, don't go there, those political parties are still around and still sore about this.
But I agree that the setting would make for some grand scenes. 

[fastolfrus]

You could add in a plot twist with militant freemasons trying to restore the old military orders to their earlier status, not sure who they might side with (if anyone) or even a Turkish raid (or Greek).