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Hello, and thank you for listening to The History of World War II podcast.

Episode 341, The Battle of the Tariqo Conboy. The results of the Battle of Cape Batapan

had lifted the spirits of everyone from Malta to London. The British fleet had, once again,

proved itself the master of the Mediterranean, at least on the waters. In truth, the air

mattered most, as it would determine who was the master below it, and the few fighter planes

on Malta were not making much of a difference. In February and March of 41,

those days saw multiple air raids each day, with a total of 212 for those two months,

not to mention the lethal Measuresmith 109s that were now in the mix. If something didn't change

with the equation above, soon the equation on the ground and on the seas would be the same.

Demonstrating this, the food situation on Malta was worsening, which called for rationing.

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