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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.
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.
As supplies on Malta dwindled, particularly of aviation fuel, the largest convoy to date was assembled at Gibraltar for Operation Pedestal. It consisted of 14 merchant ships, including the large oil tanker SS Ohio, carrying a total of 121,000 long tons (123,000 t) of cargo.
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.
For the bitter years of 1940-1942, German and Italian bombers bludgeoned the island in a vain effort to pound it into submission, but the defenders—British troops and the staunch Maltese islanders— fought the longest epic defense action of the war.
2 de nov. de 2023 · Operation Pedestal, executed in early August 1942, was a critical British convoy mission aimed at delivering essential supplies to the besieged island of Malta during World War II.
