Jonathan Boff

How Churchill’s success hinged on a small Mediterranean island

Max Hastings tells the gripping story of Operation Pedestal, the Allies’ desperate battle in the summer of 1942 to save the vital naval base of Malta

Operation Pedestal: the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, 1942. Credit: Alamy

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