Battle of the Mediterranean
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The Battle of the Mediterranean was the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. It began on 10 June 1940, when Italy declared war on the United Kingdom and France and bombe
Italian battleship Roma (1940) starboard bow view
Greatest extent of Italian control of the Mediterranean littoral and seas (within green lines and dots) in the summer/autumn of 1942. Allied-controlled areas are in red.
Battle of Cape Matapan
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The Battle of Cape Matapan was a naval battle during the Second World War between the Allies, represented by the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian Navy, from 27 to 29 M
Battle of the Mediterranean
…failed to deliver the true knockout blow that would have changed the context within which the rest of the war in the Mediterranean was fought." The Battle of Cape Matapan was fought off the coast of the Peloponnese in southern Greece from 27 to 29 March 1941 in which Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces—under the…
The battleship Vittorio Veneto firing upon the Allied cruisers during the action off Gavdos
Vittorio Veneto withdraws from the battle area after being torpedoed by RN aircraft.
Bolzano under torpedo attack by Fairey Swordfish.