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Axis attacks on Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta begin

Axis air, submarine, and surface attacks intensified against the British convoy (Operation Pedestal) attempting to relieve besieged Malta, causing heavy merchant and escort losses.

Axis attacks on Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta begin

Pedestal's contested passage was critical to keeping Malta supplied; the convoy’s ultimate partial success (including the arrival of the tanker Ohio) sustained Allied operations in the Mediterranean.

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