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Operation Pedestal (Italian: Battaglia di Mezzo Agosto, Battle of mid-August), known in Malta as Il-Konvoj ta' Santa Marija (Santa Maria Convoy), was a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War.
La Operación Pedestal fue una operación británica para conseguir a toda costa hacer llegar suministros a la isla de Malta en agosto de 1942, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial . Malta era la base desde donde buques, submarinos y aviones atacaban a los convoyes del Eje que llevaban suministros esenciales para los ejércitos alemanes e ...
Operation Pedestal was an operation by the British to provide supplies to Malta in 1942 during World War II in order to attack Axis forces in North Africa. During the summer of 1942 the British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) was increasingly concerned with fighter direction in multi-carrier operations.
The Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy had saved Malta. It did not mean the end of the island’s siege, but the costly Operation Pedestal enabled strategic Malta to stay in the war. Malta’s fall would have nullified Allied plans for the invasion of North Africa in November 1942.
Aftermath Analysis. There were 35 large supply operations to Malta from 1940 to 1942. Operations White, Tiger, Halberd, MF5, MG1, Harpoon, Vigorous and Pedestal were turned back or suffered severe losses from Axis forces.
13 de ago. de 2023 · There were three fatal casualties. Waimarama (13,000 gross tons) – Captain R. Pearce – owned by Shaw, Savile and Albion. At 7.30am on August 13, the ship was bombed and literally blew up ...
In August 1942 operation 'Pedestal' was launched in a desperate last attempt to relieve the island. The largest, the most expensive and, possibly, the most important of all the Malta convoys.
