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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
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 here...
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.
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.
SS Santa Elisa. El USS Ohio llegó a Gibraltar en medio de una espesa niebla y el día 10 de agosto de 1942, un convoy de 14 barcos escoltados por la Fuerza de Tarea Z, más la escolta de la Fuerza X, que se hacía a la mar rumbo a La Valetta en Malta. Click para ampliar el mapa de la operación.