Foreign diplomats in Malta have already commemorated Operation Pedestal earlier this week which is officially being celebrated today. Foreign embassies who participated in the commemorations included The British High Commission, the Australia High Commission, and the US Embassy. Commemorations took place in the Grand Harbour in Valletta in the presence of the President of Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono.
Operation Pedestal was a British-led Allied convoy operation in August 1942 which sailed from the River Clyde in Scotland to deliver desperately needed supplies to Malta. The convoy came under relentless attack from German and Italian aircraft, submarines and torpedo boats, and nine of its 14 merchant ships were sunk before the survivors reached Malta. The most famous ship, the American-built tanker SS Ohio, arrived in Grand Harbour on August 15 barely afloat after being repeatedly bombed and torpedoed. The convoy delivered food, ammunition and other essential supplies, but most importantly fuel, including around 10,000 tonness carried by the Ohio. These supplies enabled Malta to continue resisting Axis air attacks and to resume operations against German and Italian supply routes in the Mediterranean.
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