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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 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 o… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Dennis, Peter (Illustr.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-4728-0898-1
  • EAN: 9781472808981
  • Produktnummer: 18984437
  • Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 96 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 48'921 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage
  • Abbildungen: 60 b/w; 22 col

Über den Autor


Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney Islands, and is an acclaimed author of over 100 history books, 60 of which are published by Osprey. He has written widely on naval history, from Sovereigns of the Seas and Piracy: The Complete History to his most recent bestseller, Hunt the Bismarck. A former naval officer and museum professional, he worked as the Curator in both the Royal Armouries, Tower of London and the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. He now works as a full-time author and historian.

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