BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220412T153000Z DTEND:20220412T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:MEMBER EVENT: Operation Pedestal DESCRIPTION:P3-Operation Pedestal:\n\nThe Convoy That Saved Malta\, August 1942\n\n\n\nDavid Lilly shares details of Operation Pedestal\, one of the largest concentrations of British naval power organized during World War II.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nOperation Pedestal was an operation by the British to provide supplies to Malta in 1942 during World War II in order to attack Axis forces in North Africa. During the summer of 1942 the British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) was increasingly concerned with fighter direction in multi-carrier operations. Early in August its ships Eagle\, Victorious\, Indomitable\, Furious\, and Argus trained together\, anticipating further operations in support of Malta. That month Eagle\, Furious\, and Indomitable joined Convoy WS 21S for Operation Pedestal\, sending fourteen freighters and tankers to Malta. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nP3-Operation Pedestal:
\nThe Convoy That Saved Malta\, August 1942
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\nDavid Lilly shares details of Operation Pedestal\, one of the largest concentrations of British naval power organized during World War II.

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Operation Pedestal was an operation by the British to provide supplies to Malta in 1942 during World War II in order to attack Axis forces in North Africa. During the summer of 1942 the British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) was increasingly concerned with fighter direction in multi-carrier operations. Early in August its ships Eagle\, Victorious\, Indomitable\, Furious\, and Argus trained together\, anticipating further operations in support of Malta. That month Eagle\, Furious\, and Indomitable joined Convoy WS 21S for Operation Pedestal\, sending fourteen freighters and tankers to Malta.
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\n LOCATION:Huntsville/Madison County Public Library UID:e.2112.13414 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260509T162629Z URL:https://cm.hsvchamber.org/events/details/member-event-operation-pedestal-13414 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR