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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.
- 3–15 August 1942
- See Aftermath section
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 italianos ...
- Victoria táctica del Eje, Victoria estratégica de los Aliados
- Mar Mediterráneo
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.
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.
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.
13 de ago. de 2023 · Much has been written and published about Operation Pedestal – or the Santa Marija Convoy, as it is popularly known by the Maltese – and it is not the present author’s intention to repeat...
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.
