Italian Navy of World War II

The definitive history of its rise and fall

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

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Drawing on a lifetime’s scholarship, and featuring hundreds of rare photos, this is a revelatory history of the wartime Regia Marina, the least-known of the major World War II navies.In 1940, Italy’s Regia Marina had risen to become the world’s fourth-largest navy. Despite financial, strategic, and political challenges in the 1920s and 30s, and despite losing the struggle for its own air power, it had a powerful battle fleet, one of the world’s biggest submarine forces, and an ambitious strategic role.Yet until now, few books have attempted a comprehensive study of the Italian Navy of World War II, and many of those relied on limited or biased sources. In this book, Dr Enrico Cernuschi, one of Italy’s pre-eminent naval historians, presents a definitive, superbly illustrated and myth-busting history of Italian seapower from Mussolini’s ascent until 1945, drawing upon Italian, British, German, French, and US primary sources, and on high-level papers unique to Dr Cernuschi’s collection, including the recently unearthed 1947 Italian Navy Staff’s technical history of the war. Ranging widely from grand strategy to steel production, it is packed with historical revelations, definitive new information, and little-known episodes of naval history.Illustrated with hundreds of rare and unpublished photos, this is the essential guide to Italy’s great fleet of World War II, and its actions from the Mediterranean to the Pacific.

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Utgivningsdatum:2027-01-07
Mått:240 x 312 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781472874474

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Enrico Cernuschi is a multilingual naval historian who in his 35-year career has been published widely in Italy, France, Britain and the US. He regularly publishes in Rivista Marittima, the journal of the Italian Navy Staff, and, having worked extensively with Italy’s professional naval organizations, has been privileged to acquire a unrivalled collection of Regia Marina papers. His major works include “Ultra” La fine di un mito (2014) and Sea Power the Italian Way (2016). He lives in Monza.

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PROLOGUETHE INHERITANCE Old Warships, New DoctrinesDevelopment on a ShoestringPolitical Dimensions in the Mussolini EraGunnery and Doctrine Between the WarsNEW TECHNOLOGYAeronautical BattlesThe Kernel of the BattlefleetSubmarines: The EqualizerThe Breakthrough FleetINTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONSThe Spanish Civil WarThe Break of Balance: Italy and BritainThe Other Side of the HillTit for TatITALY AT THE OUTBREAK OF WARGrand strategySupermarinaThe Intelligence WarThe German AllyLogistics and Order of BattleTHE REGIA MARINA IN WORLD WAR IISeeking a Battle: June 1940-November 1940On the Razor's Edge: December 1940-April 1941 Britain Wrong-Footed: April 1941-June 1941The Lull and Build-up: July 1941-October 1941Attack and Parry, Operation Crusader and the Axis reply: November 1941-February 1942The Only Real Chance: February 1942-August 1942Storm Warning: September 1942-November 1942Enter the Yanks: November 1942-May 1943Cracking the Nut: May 1943-September 1943September 1943 The Armistice Crisis Old Friends and Foes: October 1943-May 1945 IN RETROSPECTCONCLUSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX