Operation Pedestal – 80th Anniversary Celebrations
Operation Pedestal 1942 is an historic – and heroic – World War II Allied operation that iscommemorated yearly in Malta, to remember the bravery of all those merchant seafarers, and navalas well as other military and civilian personnel who successfully delivered much-needed supplies tothe tiny island of Malta. In Malta, it is known as Il-Konvoj ta’ Santa Maria (Santa Maria Convoy), because it coincides with thefeast of the Blessed Virgin, on the 15 th of August. The Italians, who at … Continued