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In this detailed analysis of this crucial manoeuvre the author describes the plan, the risks, the actions, the seemingly insuperable logistic problems, and the efforts to retain US air support (for which Mountbatten was largely responsible).","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298331603317,"sku":"9781399019910","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399019910_bbf8ee74-758b-4b36-be6d-b415c75acd2d.jpg?v=1786019812"},{"product_id":"9781848845213","title":"Ohio and Malta, The: the Legendary Tanker that Refused to Die","description":"During the dark days of WW2 Malta became the lynchpin of the Allied campaign in the Mediterranean and North African theatres and a vital base from which to attack Axis convoys supplying Rommel's Panzer Armee in Libya. Malta was, however, extremely difficult to keep supplied, (particularly with oil), and by the summer of 1942 the Island was close to surrender; the Pedestal convoy of august that year was literally the last chance.rnrnOn entering the Mediterranean the convoy was subjected to prolonged ferocious air and submarine attacks and suffered terrific losses both in warship escorts and merchantmen. OHIO, being the only tanker, was marked for particular attention, and during the course of her voyage suffered a direct hit from a torpedo, direct bomb hits, any number of near-misses, and was struck by two Luftwaffe aircraft shot down while attacking her. 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Behind the frenzy of band members Rollins, Ginn, Dukowski, and Stevenson loomed the imposing modernist infinity of the Wilshire Federal Building, landmark home of the IRS and the FBI. Later that month, Pearson caught Black Flag again, this time with suffocating intimacy at the infamous and truly dangerous hole-in-the-wall Vex club. Seen for the first time in MY WAR ON WILSHIRE, Pearson's snapshots preserve a precarious and vivid moment in Black Flag's campaign of conflict portraits of a band confronting reality at the breaking point.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57510258671989,"sku":"9781935950783","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781935950783.jpg?v=1787130598"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-michael-pearson.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}