Tiger's departure, arrival, ship count, mine loss, successful destroyer supply run, and Force H's survival can be stated with considerable confidence. Causation remains less certain because several factors may have contributed, and each explanation needs to be tested against alternatives. The Luftwaffe's transfer of Fliegerkorps X from Sicily toward the Balkans offers one plausible change in pressure, although the movement was still underway. Operational chronology supplies evidence without automatically providing a complete explanation.
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Using Operation Tiger to separate facts from causes
Tiger's dated movements and known losses separate secure operational facts from the harder question of why the convoy succeeded.