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As usual,only blahblah .
There was no major base of the RN on Malta :the only important base was Alexandria.
Malta out or not:this would change nothing on the outcome of the war in NA.
The big problem for the Germans was not the convoys,but,once the supplies arrived in NA,to bring them to the front .And,the few aircraft and submarines operating from Malta were doing little harm to the Axis .
If Malta was that important for Britain,more ships and aircraft would be stationed at Malta .
BTW:Your attempt to bluf me with the argument :I was (years later) on Malta,and,I have spoken with Malta veterans,will not succeed:it is totally irrelevant .
How strange that all the major historians are wrong and you are right. Unlike you, I don't blahblah as you so eloquently put it.
How unusual, I see you have a complete lack of understanding of logistics as well as deployment of assets. I was involved with military logistics for 15 years, I reckon I have a far better understanding then you do.
230 ships lost in 164 days is doing little harm? Yes the Fleet was moved from Malta to Alexandria I suspect that it was known replenishing the fleet would have encountered major problems, which was proven to be correct when later convoys attempted to replenish Malta.
The British put all they could on Malta, Britain didn't have a never ending supply of aircraft, aircraft spares, pilots or ground crews, so your statement was not only foolish but stupid.
If the British were never based on Malta, Germany and Italy would have had a free ride getting supplies through to North Africa, possibly changing the course of the war. But for the Axis, the effectiveness of the interdiction campaign from Malta caused a chronic shortage of Axis munitions and fuel for long-lasting operations in Africa.
The Axis campaign in North Africa was characterised by a lack of supplies and an inability to provide any sort of consistent concentrated logistics support to their forces in the field. The failure to pay attention to logistical considerations was one of the primary reasons that Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) Erwin Rommel could not win a decisive breakthrough against the British 8th Army throughout 1941—1942. Rommel, at points, had recognised Malta as a serious obstacle to Axis logistical lines between Axis-held Europe and their forces in North Africa. Malta lay across their lines of communication and, despite being under siege for two and a half years, it remained an active base for Allied naval and air forces to interdict Axis supply lines for much of this period. Yet Rommel failed to apply enough pressure on the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (German High Command, OKW) to launch a planned invasion of the island, Operation Herkules.
According to you Malta was unimportant yet it became the most bombed place on earth at that time.
For someone who supposedly has visited Malta and talked to Maltese veterans, you didn't learn very much did you. On holiday were you, drinking too much Ozo perhaps? BTW, I never try to bluff anyone
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