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Slack.com slash DHQ. New Year, new me. Nah, I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things

I love, like enjoying a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My

only resolution is to enjoy more of what I love, like switching up my usual with oat,

soy, almond or coconut. All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks for no extra

charge, while stocks last subject to availability.

Programming Note. I will be out of town for the last week of January. I'm participating

in a YouTube show called Taking Off with Dan Milligan. As such, this will interrupt my

flow as I was going to start the pedestal series this week. So what I'm going to do instead

is continue on with the regular series in North Africa and when I get back, we'll then

cover Operation Pedestal and then head back to the Eastern Front. Where, if I remember

correctly, we left off in late January 1942 and that's where we'll pick up the story.

So if you'll be in Fort Worth, Texas the last weekend of January, maybe come by and say

hi, I'll be posting my locations now on with the story.

Hello and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast episode 402.

Monte sets the stage for wrong. While the British Royal Navy moved heaven and earth to get

pedestal underway, this massive convoy, though only partially successful, dovetailed with

the Americans getting involved, not to mention more fighter planes being placed on Malta.

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