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Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:39 pm
Surprised that anyone familiar with the MTO didn't bring this up today..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Flax
Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:31 pm
It didn't cross my mind until someone actually told me it was Palm Sunday late on Sunday night. Thanks for the link. I never realized there was an extended air campaign. I always thought it was just a single day's air combat. Probably one of the more overlooked aerial victories of the war. Cutting the air and sea bridge to North Africa undoubtedly speeded its capitulation.
Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:29 pm
Read a book about it a few years back that covered the OSS's hand in it.. I compare this mission to the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, ie good intelligence and some lady luck made for a bad time for the Axis powers.
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