Operation Vigorous (known in Italy as Battaglia di mezzo giugno 1942, "the Battle of mid-June 1942") was a British operation during the Second World War...
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Look up vigorous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vigorous may refer to: Operation Vigorous, a Second World War Allied operation involving escorting...
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War. Operation Vigorous was a west-bound convoy from Alexandria and Operation Harpoon was an east-bound convoy operation from Gibraltar. Vigorous convoy...
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forces of British convoys to Malta, Operation Vigorous (known in Italy as the Battle of Mid June) and Operation Pedestal (known in Italy as the Battle...
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and the Malta Convoys. During 1942, the destroyer was involved in Operation Vigorous and the Madagascar Campaign. The next year saw the ship involved in...
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transit and had to be destroyed. Another was torpedoed and lost during Operation Vigorous in June. The ships sank two more submarines during 1942 and three...
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German submarine U-127. In June 1942, Nestor sailed as part of the Operation Vigorous escort force, protecting a supply convoy to Malta. On the evening...
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significant damage to the convoys, but were later sunk by Axis air attack. Operation Vigorous (12-16 June 1942; known in Italy as the "Battle of Mid June") was...
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Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World...
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History. Retrieved 12 December 2020. Felton, Mark (2015). The Sea Devils: Operation Struggle and the Last Great Raid of World War Two. Icon Books. ISBN 978-184831-994-3...
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the 8th Division and participated in the successful opposition to Operation Vigorous. He was decorated with a Silver Medal of Military Valor. When Prime...
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covering another convoy from Alexandria to Malta in June 1942 during Operation Vigorous, Hasty was torpedoed by a German motor torpedo boat and was so badly...
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Alexandria by Operation Vigorous (12–15/16 June) was a costly failure. Only two merchant ships from Harpoon reached the island; the Vigorous convoy was forced...
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"assault" or "invasion"), to refer to its invasion of Ukraine, and has vigorously suppressed any use of that language -- as well as any symbolic opposition...
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Hero took part in the Second Battle of Sirte in March 1942 and in Operation Vigorous in June. She sank two German submarines whilst stationed in the Mediterranean...
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the autumn of 1943, Jervis was in the Aegean supporting the ill-fated operation against the Dodecanese Islands. On 16/17 October with HMS Penn, sank the...
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Battle of the Mediterranean (category Mediterranean Sea operations of World War II)
from a convoy of six reached Malta, one of them damaged. 15 June, Operation Vigorous. A British convoy from Alexandria suffered heavy air strikes. It was...
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Italian battleship Littorio (section Convoy operations)
later, on 14 June, Littorio participated in the interception of the Operation Vigorous convoy to Malta from Alexandria. Littorio, Vittorio Veneto, four cruisers...
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Javelin participated in the Operation Ironclad assault on Madagascar in May 1942. She participated in the failed Operation Vigorous attempt to deliver a supply...
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Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met...
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from the Royal Navy. Early in her career, Norman participated in Operation Vigorous and the Madagascar campaign, but spent most of the time between 1942...
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attacks upon it would distract the Axis from the other. Codenamed Operation Vigorous and Harpoon and sailing from Alexandria in the east and Gibraltar...
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returned to the Mediterranean to escort another convoy to Malta (Operation Vigorous). She was converted to an escort destroyer beginning in March 1943...
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14 June, Vittorio Veneto participated in the interception of the Operation Vigorous convoy to Malta from Alexandria. Vittorio Veneto, Littorio, four cruisers...
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battleship Vittorio Veneto, participating in war operations in the Mediterranean, most importantly Operation Vigorous in June 1942. After the Armistice of Cassibile...
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List of World War II battles (redirect from Raiding operations during World War II)
May 1943 Operation Strike: May 1943 Battle of the Mediterranean Sea: June 1940–May 1945 Second Battle of Sirte Operation Vigorous Operation Pedestal Battle...
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against the Italian Fleet. Between 12 and 16 June 1942 it took part in Operation Vigorous. From 22 January to 5 June 1944 the squadron provided support during...
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returned to the Mediterranean to escort another convoy to Malta in Operation Vigorous. Beginning in November 1942, she was converted to an escort destroyer...
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provided air cover for another convoy, Operation Harpoon, which departed for Malta at the same time as the Operation Vigorous convoy did, from the opposite direction...
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during Operation Vigorous. In July 1943 Anson took part in the diversionary moves designed to draw attention away from the preparations for Operation Husky...
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