Operation Vigorous
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Operation Vigorous was a British operation during the Second World War, to escort supply Convoy MW 11 from the eastern Mediterranean to Malta, which took place from 11 to 16 June 1942. Vigorous was pa
Bristol Beaufighter Mk 1, 252 Squadron; North Africa
RAF Martin Baltimore
HMS Centurion disguised as HMS Anson (A9982)
Example of a Beaufort torpedo bomber
Battle of the Mediterranean
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The Battle of the Mediterranean was the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. It began on 10 June 1940, when Italy declared war on the United Kingdom and France and bombe
Operation Vigorous
…November) and Operation Torch (8–16 November) in the western Mediterranean, which enabled land-based aircraft to escort merchant ships to the island. Battle of the Mediterranean Bonner Fellers…
Italian battleship Roma (1940) starboard bow view
Greatest extent of Italian control of the Mediterranean littoral and seas (within green lines and dots) in the summer/autumn of 1942. Allied-controlled areas are in red.