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In the summer of 1942 one of the main issues in the balance was the fate of Malta. The island was still a bastion of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and a constant threat to the supply route for the enemy land forces in North Africa. It bravely resisted every onslaught of the Axis powers, but food supplies were desperately short and fuel oil running low. In August of that year Operation Pedestal was launched - a last attempt to relieve Malta. Fourteen merchant ships were allocated to it and the Royal Navy provided the most powerful force ever to escort a convoy including four aircraft carriers. Operating from Sardinia and Sicily, the Germans and Italians let fly with their shore-based aircraft on an unprecedented scale. The losses on the British side were appalling, but the objective was achieved and the blockade of Malta was finally lifted.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition Revised & Expanded. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Lewin KG GCB LVO DSC. London: William Kimber, (1987). Second Revised and Expanded Edition. Large 8vo. 256pp, Index, Notes. Blue boards. Book in fine condition, dj near price, price-clipped. Despite being under constant threat by enemy land forces in North Africa, the island of Malta was still a bastion of the Royal Navy, but in the summer of 1942 in desperate needed of food and fuel oil. Operation Pedestal was a final attempt to relieve Malta. Based on British, German, and Italian records, Smith's book provides a detailed account of "one of the greatest convoy operations of the Second World War" (dj). ISBN 0718306325; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 256 pages. Seller Inventory # 10200
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