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  • Italian Adriatic Fleet 1915–18

    The fierce naval war with Austria-Hungary

    Serien Buch 15 - Fleet
    Fiercely fought with all the latest weaponry of World War I, Italy's Adriatic campaign is the forgotten war of the dreadnought era. Fully illustrated, this is its first history in English.Fought across the narrowest naval frontline of World War I, with almost daily combat, the Adriatic Sea was perhaps the war's most active coastal naval campaign, yet it is barely known in the English-speaking Lesen Sie mehr

    14,33 €

  • Italian Battle Fleet 1940–43

    'La Squadra', the pride of the Regia Marina

    Serien Buch 6 - Fleet
    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. Mussolini's ambitious 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 Lesen Sie mehr

    14,33 €

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  • The War in the Mediterranean

    von Bernard Ireland
    A military history of World War II in the Mediterranean Sea, from Italy's declaration of war to the last surrender of Axis forces.For 1,000 days the Allied and Axis armies fought for the domination of the North African shores knowing that defeat would bring disastrous consequences. Much has been written about the conduct of the land battles and the commanders who faced each other yet, as the main Lesen Sie mehr

    8,76 €

  • In Passage Perilous

    Malta and the Convoy Battles of June 1942

    Serien series Twentieth-Century Battles
    An invaluable account of one of the most overlooked sea battles of World War II.By mid-1942 the Allies were losing the Mediterranean war: Malta was isolated and its civilian population faced starvation. In June 1942 the British Royal Navy made a stupendous effort to break the Axis stranglehold. The British dispatched armed convoys from Gibraltar and Egypt toward Malta. In a complex battle lasting Lesen Sie mehr

    13,69 €

  • The Battle of Matapan 1941

    The Trafalgar of the Mediterranean

    von Mark Simmons
    In March 1941, the Royal Navy scored one of the greatest one-sided victories against the Italian Fleet the Regia Marina at Matapan. It brought to an end six months of remarkable success for the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. When France fell and Italy declared war on Britain, Admiral Dudley Pound had wanted to evacuate the Mediterranean altogether and concentrate on home defence. Churchill Lesen Sie mehr

    15,72 €

  • The Western Desert Campaign 1940-41

    von Glenn Wahlert
    Serien series Australian Army Campaigns Series
    While the North African campaign has been studied in detail over the years, much of this study has been dedicated to the battles between the British 8th Army and Rommel's Afrika Korps. There has been little serious study of Wavell's campaign against Italian forces in 1940- 41, nor of the role played by the Australian 6th Division in the eventual Italian defeat. Part of this can be attributed to Lesen Sie mehr

    5,97 €

  • Italian Navy & Air Force Elite Units & Special Forces 1940–45

    Serien Buch 191 - Elite
    This volume assesses the formidable Special Forces fielded by Italy's navy and air force in World War II.Italian Navy Special Forces were particularly active and respected in the Mediterranean, where 10th Motor-Torpedo Boat Flotilla used frogmen, 'two-man torpedoes' and explosive ram-boats. The Italian Air Force formed a special commando unit, ADRA, before the 1943 surrender; it was tasked with Lesen Sie mehr

    12,83 €

  • Austro-Hungarian Battleships 1914–18

    von Ryan K. Noppen
    Serien Buch 193 - New Vanguard
    The primary purpose of Austria-Hungary's navy until the beginning of the twentieth century was the defense of its coastline.As its merchant marine dramatically grew, admirals believed that the navy should take a more proactive policy of defense. The 1890s saw the beginning of a series of naval building programs that would create a well-balanced modern fleet, including a force of modern battleships Lesen Sie mehr

    12,19 €

  • Axis Warships

    As Seen on Photos from Allied Intelligence Files

    von Roy M. Stanley
    Serien series Looking Down on War
    For his latest book Colonel Roy Stanley presents aerial photographs of the German and Italian fleets that were selected as important six decades ago and have long lain dormant, unindexed and unexplained. Extensive use of aerial and other Intelligence imagery from long retired files would be enough to make this book a must for those intrigued by World War II intelligence and naval history. But it Lesen Sie mehr

    8,12 €

  • Blue Water War

    Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1940–1945

    von Brian E. Walter
    A complete history of naval combat in the Mediterranean and North African campaigns throughout WWII.In the early summer of 1940, the Kingdom of Italy joined with Nazi Germany by challenging Britain for dominance in the Mediterranean region. With France on the verge of collapse and Britain facing imminent invasion, the Italians seized upon a rare opportunity to re-establish control. Heavily Lesen Sie mehr

    13,69 €

  • Sicily 1943

    The debut of Allied joint operations

    Serien Buch 251 - Campaign
    A detailed examination of Operation Husky, the US and British invasion and conquest of the Italian island of Sicily.Not only did the Sicily operation represent a watershed in tactical development of combined arms tactics, it was also an important test for future Allied joint operations. Senior British commanders left the North African theater with a jaundiced and dismissive view of the combat Lesen Sie mehr

    15,50 €

  • British/Commonwealth Cruiser vs Italian Cruiser

    The Mediterranean 1940–43

    von Angus Konstam
    Serien Buch 123 - Duel
    This illustrated history explores the cruiser forces of the Italian and British Royal navies, the jack-of-all trades warships of the Mediterranean Naval War.In 1940, when Italy entered World War II, the Royal Navy was badly overstretched, and its Mediterranean Fleet had to face both the Italian Navy and the German and Italian Air Forces in a battle for supremacy. Although the British and Italian Lesen Sie mehr

    13,26 €