Created by Tom Horn on 1 Aug 2010, Last Update on 1 Aug 2010

Operation Pedestal - 9 Aug 1942

Five of the original 14 merchant ships, dispatched to resupply the strategical crucial island of Malta, reach Grand Harbour. This tactical axis victory was one of the most important strategic allied victory of the war.

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Tags : Britain,Germany,Italy,Malta,Naval,Europe,Combat

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