Operation Vigorous was a World War II Allied operation to deliver a supply convoy (MW-11) that sailed from Haifa and Port Said on 12 June 1942 to Malta. The convoy encountered heavy Axis air and sea opposition and returned to Alexandria on 16 June.
Read more about Operation Vigorous: Background, Convoy Assembles, "Bomb Alley", Italian Fleet At Sea, Operation Abandoned
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