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Osprey Fleet: Italian Battle Fleet 1940–43 - La Squadra the Pride of the Regia Marina
Manufacture Product Number : OSP-FL06 
| A comprehensive. illustrated account of the wartime Italian battle fleet, from its ships and technology to command structure, logistics, codebreaking and more. In the 1920s, the Italian Navy faced great challenges. Mussolinis resurgent Italy turned away from its alliance with Britain and France, and the Regia Marina faced the prospect of confronting both the French Navy and the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy. In the years leading up to World War II, the Regia Marina built and deployed a powerful battleship-led fleet – known in Italy as La Squadra – intended to make the Mediterranean an Italian sea once more. In this book, Italian naval historian Enrico Cernuschi offers a fresh assessment of the wartime Italian battle fleet, based on his lifetime of primary-source research from both Italian and Allied sources. It offers a comprehensive portrait of this proud armada, how it was devised and built, and how it operated and fought. It covers a multitude of factors often overlooked, such as Italys naval codebreakers, the fleets logistics, and the qualities and limitations of Italian industry that supported it. The book also provides a concise account and analysis of the battle fleets activities through the war, from major clashes such as the Battle of Calabria to lesser-known expeditions. The authors research into Italian wartime primary sources overturns some myths still commonplace in Anglo-American accounts. Illustrated with superb new artwork, maps and 3D diagrams, and featuring rare photos, this book is a fascinating account of Italys great fleet of World War II. |
Type = Books, Magazines, Catalogs and Videos
Category = Books- Osprey Fleet Series
Material = Softcover Book
Date of Release = 2024-04-12
Status = Available
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