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Operation Pedestal (referenced in Italian sources as the Battaglia di Mezzo Agosto) was a British operation to get desperately needed supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. Malta was the base from which surface ships, submarines and aircraft attacked Axis convoys carrying essential supplies to the Italian and German armies in North Africa. In 1941–42, Malta was effectively under siege, blockaded by Axis air and naval forces.

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  • Operation Pedestal (referenced in Italian sources as the Battaglia di Mezzo Agosto) was a British operation to get desperately needed supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. Malta was the base from which surface ships, submarines and aircraft attacked Axis convoys carrying essential supplies to the Italian and German armies in North Africa. In 1941–42, Malta was effectively under siege, blockaded by Axis air and naval forces.
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  • 1 destroyer sunk
  • 1 aircraft carrier damaged
  • 1 aircraft carrier sunk
  • 2 light cruisers damaged
  • 2 light cruisers sunk
  • 3 merchant ships damaged
  • 34 aircraft
  • 550+ killed
  • 9 merchant ships sunk
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  • Strategic Allied victory
  • Tactical Axis victory
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  • 3 light cruisers
  • 2battleships
  • 11submarines
  • 14merchant ships
  • 15motor torpedo boats
  • 285bombers
  • 304fighters
  • 32destroyers
  • 3heavy cruisers
  • 4aircraft carriers
  • 7light cruisers
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