Here’s What You Need to Know: The Italian navy was beset by problems during World War II. Italy’s Regia Marina was one of the busiest navies of the interwar period. Four old battleships were rebuilt ...
The Battle of Calabria, fought on July 9, 1940, was a key naval engagement between the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Italian Navy off the southern coast of Italy. It was Italy’s first major ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: Fascist Italy took daring measures when all else seemed to fail. Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the Mediterranean had, by late 1941, largely ended in failure. The ...