Pedestal: The Convoy That Saved Malta

"Historians generally consider Smith’s account to the 'gold standard' for reporting on this historic event." — National Maritime Historical Society

In the summer of 1942 one of the main issues in the balance was the fate of Malta. The island was still a bastion of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and a constant threat to the supply route for the enemy land forces in North Africa.

It bravely resisted every onslaught of the Axis powers, but by the middle of 1942, food supplies were desperate...