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Title: March 7, Friday -- will you join me to fight for Malta?
Post by: Brooke on March 05, 2014, 11:34:34 PM

Friday at two times in Special Events II Arena:
-- 3 pm Eastern (8 pm UK time)
-- 9:30 pm Eastern (a good warm up for the FSO)

Join us to commemorate the Siege of Malta. March 7, 1942 was the date Spitfires first arrived to shore up the desperate British defense of Malta.

The small island of Malta played an extremely important role in WWII. It was an ideal base for British airpower to attack axis supply shipping headed to North Africa. The axis knew this, and there were ferocious battles for control of the island, with the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica hurling their aerial might against tenacious, desperate RAF defense. It was a close thing, with the RAF defenders nearly being annihilated on several occasions. Had Malta fallen, the supply to and battles in North Africa could have gone quite differently.

On March 7, 1942, Spitfire reinforcements arrived from the carrier HMS Eagle. It marked the first overseas deployment of Spitfires and the beginning of a series of such vital aircraft-carrier reinforcements of Malta.

(http://www.ahevents.org/images/stories/thisDayInWWII_files/siegeOfMalta/banner4.png)

Title: Re: March 7, Friday -- will you join me to fight for Malta?
Post by: Brooke on March 05, 2014, 11:35:54 PM

This is a "This Day in WWII" event.

If you recently enjoyed Pearl Harbor, The Battle of the Bulge, or Stalingrad, please join us for this one, too.

Title: Re: March 7, Friday -- will you join me to fight for Malta?
Post by: BFOOT1 on March 06, 2014, 12:10:22 PM

Quote from: Brooke on March 05, 2014, 11:35:54 PM

This is a "This Day in WWII" event.

If you recently enjoyed Pearl Harbor, The Battle of the Bulge, or Stalingrad, please join us for this one, too.

I'll be there for the latter maybe the 3pm one too!!!

Title: Re: March 7, Friday -- will you join me to fight for Malta?
Post by: Bruv119 on March 07, 2014, 03:58:32 AM

dam that is today and I have to work    :cry

Title: Re: March 7, Friday -- will you join me to fight for Malta?
Post by: danny76 on March 07, 2014, 04:23:22 AM

I'll be there :joystick:

Title: Re: March 7, Friday -- will you join me to fight for Malta?
Post by: Flossy on March 07, 2014, 04:21:14 PM

Logs are up for the 3pm running - here (http://www.ahevents.org/event-logs.html).

Thanks to all who came, the results were very close with the Axis winning by 2 points!   :aok

Allies:
10 kills = 10 points
15 ground objects = 3 points
Total 13 points

Axis:
7 kills = 7 points
40 ground objects = 8 points
Total 15 points

Neither side sunk any ships.  See you at next month's TDI!   :salute