On March 31, 1979, remembered in the Maltese calendar as Freedom Day (Maltese: Jum il-Ħelsien), Malta, for the first time in its history did not have any foreign forces. This is the anniversary of the withdrawal of British troops. After thousands of years as a military and naval base, the Maltese had total sovereignty over their land.
A large monument in Birgu remembers this event in the history of the nation.
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