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  • Italian Adriatic Fleet 1915–18

    The fierce naval war with Austria-Hungary

    by Enrico Cernuschi ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

    PHP1,076.79

  • Italian Battle Fleet 1940–43

    'La Squadra', the pride of the Regia Marina

    by Enrico Cernuschi ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

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  • The War in the Mediterranean

    by 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 ... Read more

    PHP496.59 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Passage Perilous

    Malta and the Convoy Battles of June 1942

    by Vincent P. O'Hara ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    PHP170.23 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of Matapan 1941

    The Trafalgar of the Mediterranean

    by 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 ... Read more

    PHP849.19 or Free with Kobo Plus

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

    by Piero Crociani, Pier Paolo Battistelli ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

    PHP848.59

  • Austro-Hungarian Battleships 1914–18

    by Ryan K. Noppen ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

    PHP837.79

  • Axis Warships

    As Seen on Photos from Allied Intelligence Files

    by Roy M. Stanley ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    PHP463.79 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blue Water War

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

    by 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 ... Read more

    PHP791.19 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sicily 1943

    The debut of Allied joint operations

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

    PHP1,170.39

  • British/Commonwealth Cruiser vs Italian Cruiser

    The Mediterranean 1940–43

    by Angus Konstam ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

    PHP1,029.99

  • The Invasion of Sicily 1943

    by Jon Diamond ...
    Series series Images of War
    The decisive WWII campaign that brought Italy to its knees is vividly captured in this in-depth photographic history.With victory in North Africa complete, the Allies had a choice. The Americans wanted an early cross-channel attack from Britain on Northwest Europe. Churchill favored invading the soft underbelly of Italy to weaken the Axis forces and gain Italian surrender. With Eisenhower's army ... Read more

    PHP661.69 or Free with Kobo Plus