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Book Title
Swordfish
Title
Swordfish
Subtitle
The Story of the Taranto Raid
ISBN-10
030436682X
EAN
9780304366828
ISBN
9780304366828
Genre
History
Release Year
2004
Release Date
04/11/2004
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Length
154mm
Series
W&N Military
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
SWORDFISH: the Story of the Taranto Raid
Item Height
198mm
Author
David Wragg
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Item Width
154mm
Subject
History
Item Weight
238g
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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In November 1940 Britain was isolated in its stand against Nazi Germany and its ally, Italy. The country could not afford to lose control of the Mediterranean, but the Royal Navy was already overstretched by the U-boat war and the threat of invasion. Italy's fleet of modern battleships presented a grave threat to our communications with Egypt and the Suez Canal. On the night of 11 November 1940, 42 members of the Fleet Air Arm took off in 21 obsolete 'Swordfish' biplanes, launched from HMS Illustrious. Their target: the Italian fleet anchorage at Taranto. Pressing home their attack in the face of intense anti-aircraft fire and searchlights, they torpedoed and sank three battleships. Incredibly, all but two of the biplanes survived. The Italian fleet was crippled and the world took note that Britain was far from defeated. No-one was more impressed than the Japanese, who noted how a fleet in harbour could be demolished by air attack. In this new account of the Royal Navy's most daring operation of the Second World War, David Wragg draws on British and Italian records as well as interviews with the aircrew, to tell the full story of a night that changed the course of the war.

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Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
ISBN-13
9780304366828
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Author
David Wragg
Publication Name
SWORDFISH: the Story of the Taranto Raid
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Item Height
198mm
Item Width
154mm
Item Weight
238g

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David Wragg
Series Title
W&N Military
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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