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Taranto

Author : David Hobbs
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526793849
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Taranto written by David Hobbs and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you only read one book on the development of the Fleet Air Arm and Naval air warfare in the Mediterranean during World War 2 then this should be it.” —Military Historical Society After the Italian declaration of war in June 1940, the Royal Navy found itself facing a larger and better-equipped Italian surface fleet, large Italian and German air forces equipped with modern aircraft and both Italian and German submarines. Its own aircraft were a critical element of an unprecedented fight on, over and under the sea surface. The best-known action was the crippling of the Italian fleet at Taranto, which demonstrated how aircraft carriers and their aircraft had replaced the dominance of battleships, but every subsequent operation is covered from the perspective of naval aviation. Some of these, like Matapan or the defense of the “Pedestal” convoy to Malta, are famous but others in support of land campaigns and in the Aegean after the Italian surrender are less well recorded. In all these, the ingenuity and innovation of the Fleet Air Arm shines through—Taranto pointed the way to what the Japanese would achieve at Pearl Harbor, while air cover for the Salerno landings demonstrated the effectiveness of carrier-borne fighters in amphibious operations, a tactic adopted by the US Navy. The author’s years of archival research together with his experience as a carrier pilot allow him to describe and analyze the operations of naval aircraft in the Mediterranean with unprecedented authority. This provides the book with novel insights into many familiar facets of the Mediterranean war while for the first time doing full justice to the Fleet Air Arm’s lesser known achievements. “A full and fascinating story.” —Clash of Steel

Taranto 1940

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472808983
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Taranto 1940 written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Navy's attack on Taranto in 1940 heralded a new age of warfare. It was the decisive moment in a struggle for dominance of the Mediterranean that had gone on for months, as the British and Italian navies both looked to secure maritime supply routes for their colonies. With the enormous demands of a global war beginning to tell, the British capital ships were simply too thinly spread for a large fleet action against Taranto, where the bulk of the Italian fleet lay menacingly. How was the Royal Navy to eliminate the threat of the Regia Marina? This is the story of one of World War II's most devastating raids, recounting how a handful of obsolete Fairey Swordfish biplanes swooped in and destroyed an Italian battleship and badly damaged two more. With expert analysis, detailed colour illustrations and a gripping narrative, this book explains the origins of the attack, its planning and execution, and what happened in the aftermath.

Attack on Taranto

Author : Thomas P. Lowry
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811766780
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Attack on Taranto written by Thomas P. Lowry and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 11, 1940, 21 slow, canvas-covered British warplanes, launched from the carrier Illustrious, attacked the harbor at the Italian port of Taranto and put most of the Italian navy out of commission. This all-but-forgotten operation, the authors argue, deserves historical recognition as an inspirational precedent for the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor 13 months later. Taranto demonstrated that battleships in a shallow, heavily defended harbor could be sunk by a handful of torpedo-bombers. That lesson Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese fleet, learned well-while the American military virtually ignored it. “By this single stroke the balance of naval power in the Mediterranean was decisively altered.” –Winston S. Churchill

Taranto 1940

Author : A J Smithers
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850524911
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Taranto 1940 written by A J Smithers and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1995-11-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the long history of the British Isles few years can stand in comparison with 1940 in terms of unrivalled gloom. The fiasco in Norway, the evacuation of the BEF from Dunkirk, the fall of France and the entry of Italy into the war were hardly offset by the success of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain and the failure of the Italian troops in their attempted invasion of Egypt. Near the end of the year, however, there occurred an event which is remarkable not only for its dramatic effect on the course of the war but for the fact that it has virtually disappeared from public memory. This was the sinking of the better part of the Italian Fleet in Taranto harbour which, at one stroke, gave the Royal Navy control of the Eastern Mediterranean, somewhat ironically referred to by the Italians as Mare Nostrum. Perhaps even more remarkable, as A.J. Smithers describes in this book, enlivened as always and as critics have frequently remarked, by his mordant wit and extraordinary breadth of knowledge, was the means by which this feat was achieved In November, 1940, the areal torpedo was in its infancy, while its carrier, the Swordfish, known as the 'Stringbag', looked more like something left over from the previous war. But, flying at night and against all the odds, the pilots and observed achieved their objective and with one mighty stroke totally altered the balance of maritime power in the Mediterranean, at last for the foreseeable future.

Puglia Rough Guides Snapshot Italy (includes Bari, Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto, Ostuni, Otranto and Salento)

Author : Martin Dunford
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1409336239
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Puglia Rough Guides Snapshot Italy (includes Bari, Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto, Ostuni, Otranto and Salento) written by Martin Dunford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide Snapshot to Puglia is the ultimate travel guide to this beautiful, beguiling "heel" of Italy. It guides you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from exploring the gorgeous medieval hilltop town of Ostuni and enjoying the sunniest, sandiest beaches this side of Rome, to admiring the swirly Baroque architecture of stand-out town Lecce and feasting on the best bread and pasta dishes in Italy. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the top cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the most memorable trip possible, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from The Rough Guide to Italy, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around the country, including transport, food, drink, costs, health and festivals. Also published as part of The Rough Guide to Italy. Full coverage: Fóggia, Monfredonia, The Gargano promontory, The Trémiti Islands, Bari, Castellana Grotte, Táranto, Bríndisi, Ostuni, Lecce, Salento, Otranto, Galatina, Gallipolli (Equivalent printed page extent 76 pages). Now available in ePub format.

The Conquest of Taranto, Or, St. Clara's Eve

Author : William Dimond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Conquest of Taranto, Or, St. Clara's Eve written by William Dimond and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ars Botanica

Author : Tim Taranto
Publisher : Curbside Splendor Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781940430980
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Ars Botanica written by Tim Taranto and published by Curbside Splendor Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving meditation on grief, memory, and the way we return to ourselves after experiencing loss.

The Settlements

Author : Ken Taranto
Publisher : Gost Books
ISBN 13 : 9781910401644
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Settlements written by Ken Taranto and published by Gost Books. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Taranto had been visiting Israel once or twice a year for seven years when he decided to visit the settlement, Ma'ale Adumim, the first he had ever been to. He had seen the signs for it on the highway from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea and could see clusters of apartment buildings on the hilltops. Six months later Taranto and his family moved to Israel and he printed out a map of all the settlements and began to research them. He learned there were six distinct regions of settlements in the West Bank--Shomron, Binyamin, Gush Etzion, East Jerusalem, the Jordan Valley and the Hebron Hills. They were of various densities and ages. There were small settlements with a few hundred residents, some with a few thousand, and others with over ten or twenty thousand people. There were also many unofficial settlements, called outposts, with populations made up of a small number of families. The Settlements is an architectural portrait of the settlements in Israel from a broad sampling of all types, sizes, densities, ages and regions.

Taranto

Author : Christopher O'Connor
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1608447219
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Taranto written by Christopher O'Connor and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, aircraft of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm executed a surprise attack on ships of the Italian Fleet anchored in the harbor of Taranto. The raid on Taranto anticipated the attack on Pearl Harbor, and historians have seen it as a precursor to the larger and more devastating strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Taranto raid takes on added significance with the little-known fact that an officer in the US Navy was aboard the British aircraft carrier, and reported extensively on the attack to the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington. For the first time, this book tells the entire story of Taranto and its relevance to Pearl Harbor. The book describes the attack in detail, and clears up mistakes and misconceptions that appeared in previous publications. The damage was done by 21 planes flown off the deck of HMS Illustrious, without any participation of the Royal Air Force. Illustrious took to sea the radar and aircraft control procedures that helped win the Battle of Britain. From British sources, the book describes the techniques used to allow successful use of aerial torpedoes in the shallow waters of Taranto harbor. Christopher O'Connor earned a BA from Union College and an MBA from Northwestern University. For fifteen years he worked as a Hospital Administrator. In 1993 he began a new career as a full-time father to five children. His wife, Susan, is a Dentist in private practice since 1987. The development of this book began with a footnote in Prange's At Dawn We Slept. This is his first book, but he has previously published articles in hospital management journals and Op-Ed pieces in newspapers. The book is based on original research in the National Archives in Washington, DC. Born in Springfield, MA, Mr. O'Connor now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia.

Bohemond of Taranto

Author : Georgios Theotokis
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1526744295
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Bohemond of Taranto written by Georgios Theotokis and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brilliant picture of a great medieval warrior and crusader, clear and concise, which brings to life the whole Mediterranean world in an age of crisis” (John France, author of Perilous Glory). Bohemond of Taranto, Lord of Antioch, was the unofficial leader of the First Crusade. A man of boundless ambition and inexhaustible energy, he was one of the most remarkable warriors in medieval Mediterranean history. While he failed in his quest to secure the Byzantine throne, he succeeded in founding the most enduring of all the crusader states. In this authoritative biography, Georgios Theotokis presents a detailed portrait of Bohemond as a soldier and commander. Covering Taranto’s contribution to the crusades, Theotokis focuses on his military achievements in Italy, Sicily, the Balkans, and Anatolia. Since medieval commanders generally receive little credit for their strategic understanding, Theotokis examines Bohemond’s war-plans in his many campaigns, describing how he adapted his battle-tactics when facing different opponents and considering whether his approach to war was typical of the Norman commanders of his time.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1992 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Diplomatic and Consular Reports

Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Diplomatic and Consular Reports written by Great Britain. Foreign Office and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1662 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report

Author : Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Report written by Commonwealth Shipping Committee and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Annual Series

Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Annual Series written by Great Britain. Foreign Office and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Parliamentary Papers

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 938 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Taranto to Trieste

Author : Jennifer Mallinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780994136060
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book From Taranto to Trieste written by Jennifer Mallinson and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taranto to Trieste is an account of the author¿s fascinating journey to retrace the actual path of the 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy from its arrival in October 1943 until the end of the European war. Although a personal journey with personal reflections, the real story is about the largely off-the-beaten track places which the troops passed through, what they saw and experienced along the way and, in some cases what they missed. To complement the Division¿s story, the historical context and military actions are explained with many maps as well as war-time photographs and colourful quotations from official military histories. As the author says, ¿There are many people of the post-war generation, and their children, with direct connections to the Italian campaign, who would like to know more about the small, mysterious places the Division passed through which appear in diaries, letters and on the back of photographs, but many of which do not appear on maps.¿ The author¿s own photographs, descriptions of the places visited, the landscapes travelled and the roads followed will delight those wanting to follow in the footsteps of the 2nd Division in Italy.