Operation Pedestal

In Operation Pedestal, popularly known to us as the Santa Marija convoy, only five merchant ships made it miraculously to Malta. I wonder whether any information could be gathered about the fact that, when these brave ships arrived at Malta, the...

In Operation Pedestal, popularly known to us as the Santa Marija convoy, only five merchant ships made it miraculously to Malta. I wonder whether any information could be gathered about the fact that, when these brave ships arrived at Malta, the Luftwaffe did not continue the bombing.

Perhaps a historian can elaborate on the real reason why the bombing fizzled out completely, when the ships approached and got to their destination, after the ferocious non-stop attacks during the convoy voyage.

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