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The siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean theatre.From June 1940 to November 1942, the fight for the control of the strategically important island of the British Crown Colony of Malta pitted the air and naval forces of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany against the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy.
Operation Herkules (German: Unternehmen Herkules; Italian: Operazione C3) was the German code-name given to an abortive plan for the invasion of Malta during the Second World War. Through air and sea landings, the Italians and Germans hoped to eliminate Malta as a British air and naval base and secure an uninterrupted flow of supplies across ...
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The Malta convoys were Allied supply convoys of the Second World War. The convoys took place during the Siege of Malta in the Mediterranean Theatre . Malta was a base from which British sea and air forces could attack ships carrying supplies from Europe to Italian Libya .
Pedestal (1942) — Allied convoy from Gibraltar to Malta. Ascendant (1942) — escort of freighters from Malta; Bellows (1942) — delivery of Spitfires to Malta from HMS Furious; Berserk (1942) — exercise to establish fleet air tactics; Ceres (1942) — scheme for safe unloading and dispersal of Pedestal cargoes at Malta
Malta (11 June 1940 – 20 November 1942) Bahrain (19 October 1940) Greco-Italian War (28 October 1940 to April 1941) Invasion of Yugoslavia (Operation Punishment) (April 1941) Battle of Greece (Operation Marita) (April 1941) Crete (Operation Mercury) (May–June 1941) World War II in Yugoslavia (April 1941 to May 1945) Iraq (2–31 May 1941)
Great Siege of Malta part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars: Order of Saint John Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Sicily Ottoman Empire: Allied victory 1571 Battle of Lepanto part of the Ottoman–Habsburg and Ottoman–Venetian Wars: Holy League: Republic of Venice; Spanish Empire (with Naples and Sicily) Republic of Genoa Papal States; Grand Duchy of ...
Among the participants of the Conference were U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union W. Averell Harriman, Harry L. Hopkins, General of the Army George C. Marshall, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Fleet Admiral Leahy, Prime Minister Churchill, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Major General Laurence S. Kuter (representing General of the Army H.H ...