Taranto 1940: The Fleet Air Arm's Precursor to Pearl Harbor
(Part of the Osprey Campaign (#288) Series and Osprey Campaign (#288) Series)
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The Royal Navy's stunning attack on Taranto in 1940 heralded a new age of warfare. It was the decisive moment in a struggle for dominance of the Mediterranean that had gone on for months, as the British and Italian navies both looked to secure maritime supply routes for their colonies. With the enormous demands of a global war beginning to tell, the British capital ships were simply too thinly spread for a large fleet action against Taranto, where...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1472808967
ISBN13:9781472808967
Release Date:November 2015
Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.68 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.2" x 9.9"
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