Operation Excess
Operation Excess was a series of British supply convoys to Malta, Alexandria and Greece in January 1941. The operation encountered the first presence of Luftwaffe anti-shipping aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea. All the convoyed freighters reached their destinations. However, the destroyer Gallant was disabled by Italian mines; and Axis bombers severely damaged the cruiser Southampton and the aircraft carrier Illustrious.
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Operation Excess
Operation Excess was a series of British supply convoys to Malta, Alexandria and Greece in January 1941. The operation encountered the first presence of Luftwaffe anti-shipping aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea. All the convoyed freighters reached their destinations. However, the destroyer Gallant was disabled by Italian mines; and Axis bombers severely damaged the cruiser Southampton and the aircraft carrier Illustrious.
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MC4作戦は1941年1月にイギリス軍が地中海で実行した作戦 ...... (Operation Excess) と呼ばれることもある。
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Operatie Excess was een reeks ...... rs ernstig in gevaar gebracht.
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Operation Excess was a series ...... aircraft carrier Illustrious.
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Operazione Excess era il nome ...... lla portaerei HMS Illustrious.
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1 aircraft carrier damaged
1 cruiser damaged
1 cruiser sunk
1 destroyer damaged beyond repair
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British victory
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1 aircraft carrier
2 battleships
2 destroyers
3 cruisers
7 destroyers
Unknown number ofStukadive-bombers and fighters
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A later image taken from Illus ...... pe defending operation Excess.
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MC4作戦は1941年1月にイギリス軍が地中海で実行した作戦 ...... (Operation Excess) と呼ばれることもある。
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Operatie Excess was een reeks ...... rde toen terug naar Gibraltar.
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Operation Excess was a series ...... aircraft carrier Illustrious.
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Operazione Excess era il nome ...... della seconda guerra mondiale.
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