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Angus Konstam

Taranto 1940

The Fleet Air Arm's precursor to Pearl Harbor

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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 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 h… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Dennis, Peter (Illustr.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-4728-0896-7
  • EAN: 9781472808967
  • Produktnummer: 17822869
  • Verlag: Bloomsbury
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 96 S.
  • Masse: H24.8 cm x B18.4 cm x D0.8 cm
  • Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.
  • Reihenbandnummer: 288

Über den Autor


Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney Islands, and is the author of over 50 books, 30 of which are published by Osprey. This acclaimed and widely published author has written several books on piracy, including The History of Pirates, and Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate. A former naval officer and museum professional, he worked as the Curator of Weapons at the Tower of London and as the Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. He now works as a full-time author and historian, and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles.

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