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German DFS 230 assault gliders slated for Herkules were equipped with braking (or "crane") parachutes. These shortened the aircraft's landing run and allowed for more precise placement near an objective.

Operation Herkules was the German code-name given to a planned but never-executed Italo-German invasion of Malta during World War II (the Italian code-name was Operazione C3). Through combined air and sea landings, the Axis powers hoped to eliminate Malta as a British air and naval base and secure an uninterrupted flow of supplies across the Mediterranean Sea to their forces fighting in Libya and Egypt. Though extensive preparations were made by both German and Italian military forces, the rapidly changing war situation in North Africa resulted in the plan's cancellation in November 1942.

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Merlins Over Malta Merlins Over Malta merlinsovermalta.gdenney.co.uk/worldwar2/timeline/ - Web

Operations List (Malta) Operations List (Malta) www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Malta%20WWII/Operations.htm - Web

Operazione C3 Operazione C3 groups.google.com/.../ - Web

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