Force K provides a compact example of Malta's operational importance in the Second World War. The surface force attacked Italian traffic so effectively that the Axis repeatedly treated its destruction as a major Mediterranean priority. Malta also supported the 10th Submarine Flotilla, including U-class boats conducting aggressive attacks on Axis supply routes. The island was an offensive naval base as well as a besieged defensive outpost.
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How Force K made Malta an Axis priority
Force K and Malta-based submarines inflicted enough damage on Axis shipping to make the island's naval forces a leading destruction priority.