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Swordfish: The Story of the Taranto Raid by David Wragg (English) Paperback Book

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ISBN-13
9780304366828
Book Title
Swordfish
ISBN
9780304366828
Publication Name
Swordfish: the Story of the Taranto Raid
Publisher
Orion Publishing Group
Subject
History
Publication Year
2004
Series
W&N Military
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
198 mm
Author
David Wragg
Item Weight
238 g
Item Width
154 mm
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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Orion Publishing Group
ISBN-13
9780304366828
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272 Pages
Publication Name
Swordfish: the Story of the Taranto Raid
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Author
David Wragg
Series
W&N Military
Format
Paperback

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198 mm
Item Weight
238 g
Item Width
154 mm

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David Wragg

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  • by warren.l1011
    14 Mar, 2023

    A good title for a much loved aircraft.

    A excellent read about a very important and very successful WW2 Naval attack on Mussolini's Battle fleet which is rarely remembered in the UK. This was achieved by the sheer determination and gallantry of the aircrew that had to fly such an outdated aircraft.

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