<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwAWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pedestal" id="mwAWE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Pedestal">Operation Pedestal</a>: The oil tanker <a about="#mwt40" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"SS","href":"./Template:SS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Ohio"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ohio_(1940)" id="mwAWI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Ohio (1940)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">SS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Ohio</i></a> reaches the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta" id="mwAWM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Malta">Malta</a> barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.