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Taranto 1940
The Fleet Air Arm’s precursor to Pearl Harbor
Taranto 1940
The Fleet Air Arm’s precursor to Pearl Harbor
Description
The Royal Navy's 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 the bulk of the Italian fleet lay menacingly.
How was the Royal Navy to eliminate the threat of the Regia Marina? This is the story of one of World War II's most devastating raids, recounting how a handful of obsolete Fairey Swordfish biplanes swooped in and destroyed an Italian battleship and badly damaged two more.
With expert analysis, detailed colour illustrations and a gripping narrative, this book explains the origins of the attack, its planning and execution, and what happened in the aftermath.
Table of Contents
Chronology
Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
The operation
Aftermath
The battlefields today
Further reading
Index
Product details
| Published | Nov 20 2015 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781472808981 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 60 b/w; 22 col |
| Series | Campaign |
| Short code | CAM 288 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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