The Battle of Calabria, fought on July 9, 1940, was a key naval engagement between the British Mediterranean Fleet and the ...

The Italian submarine, the Scirè, wasn't a large boat like some of the most advanced nuclear submarines in the ocean today. It only held a crew of 36, measured fewer than 200 feet in length, and was ...

In July 1941, a British submarine sank an Italian submarine in the Mediterranean Sea. In November 2021, a team of divers found the wreck of the Italian sub in waters south of Mykonos. "The ...

The Strategy and Politics of Fascist Italy during World War II You will learn something new when reading this well written and well edited book about the war effort of Italy in World War II. The ...

Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing fleet air defense and strike capabilities. Not wanting to be viewed as the ‘sick man’ of the Axis ...