This was Operation Pedestal, one of the most intense naval battles of the second world war. It lies at the centre of a number of interesting debates about the second world war. In that sense, it represents the Mediterranean campaign, and indeed the whole wider second world war, in miniature. After some dull years, we now live in a golden age of second world war history. If Operation Pedestal stimulates more people to pick up their books, well then, we’ll really be sucking diesel.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 10, 2021 03:00 UTC