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| 3957 | MALLETT, Robert. The Italian Navy and Fascist Expansionism, 1935–1940. xiv, 240p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cass, 1998. ISBN: 0714648787.
Italian naval policy from Abyssinia to World War II. |
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| 5226 | CERNUSCHI, Enrico. Italian Battle Fleet 1940–43: 'La Squadra', the pride of the Regia Marina: (Fleet, 6). 80p., illus. Oxford: Osprey, 2024. ISBN: 9781472860590. A fresh assessment by an established historian offering a comprehensive. illustrated account of the wartime Italian battle fleet, from its ships and technology to command structure, logistics, codebreaking etc. |
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| 5183 | BRESCIA, Maurizio & TORO, Augusto de. Italian Heavy Cruisers: From Trento to Bolzano. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley Seaforth, 2023. ISBN: 9781399098854 These “Treaty” cruisers saw very active war service and all were sunk. Translated from the Italian, the book serves as a technical history and is thoroughly illustrated with ship and armament plans, detailed drawings and colour camouflage schemes, as well as an excellent collection of photographs |
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| 5182 | BAGNASCO, Erminio. Italian Assault Craft, 1940-1945: Human Torpedoes and Other Special Attack Weapons. 232p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2023. ISBN: 9781399056083. A distinguished author gives the first comprehensive history of these very successful craft. |
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| 5103 | MOELLER, Kevin M. The Italian Submarine Force in the Battle of the Atlantic: Left in the Dark. 89p., bibliog. [Scotts Valley, CA; Createspace, 2015]. ISBN: 9781519669346. Published anonymously for the United States Army Command and General Staff College, this is a Master’s thesis written by Moeller. It gives a good dry account of the over sixty Atlantic patrols carried out by Italian submarines which sank almost half a million tons of shipping in the mid and south Atlantic. |
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| 5078 | BAGNASCO, Erminio & TORO, Augusto de. Italian Battleships: Conte di Cavour and Diulio Classes 1911-1956. 272p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth; Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2021. ISBN: 9781526799876. Covers all the technical details of the ships as well as giving detailed operational histories and a wide range of illustrations. |
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| 569 | CARUANA, Joseph. Destination Malta: The Surrender of the Italian Fleet, September 1943. 80p., illus. Rabat: Wise Owl, 2010. A good account of this important event. |
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| 568 | CARUANA, Joseph. The Battle of Grand Harbour: July 26, 1941. 63p., illus. Rabat: Wise Owl, 2004. ISBN: 999323253X. A brief account of the Italian attempted raid by MTBs of the 10th Flotilla. |
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| 3961 | TOSCHI, Elios. Ninth Time Lucky. 216p., frontis. London: Kimber, 1955.
Toschi was captured when his submarine Gondar was sunk then shipped to India as a POW. The book is mainly concerned with his escape to Portuguese territory. |
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| 3960 | SCHOFIELD, William, & CARISELLA, P. J. Frogmen: First Battles. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Boston: Brandon, 1987. ISBN: 0828319987.
A popular account of the exploits of the renowned 10th MAS. "They blasted trails of destruction from Cadiz to Crete, from Alexandria to Gibraltar . . . " |
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| 3959 | SADKOVICH, James J. The Italian Navy in World War II. xx, 379p., bibliog., illus., index. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1994. ISBN: 031328797X.
An attempt to resuscitate the reputation of the Italian Navy. They were weak but not cowardly, hampered by shortages of material, and showed much greater courage than in the racist fiction portrayed by most historians. |
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| 3958 | MAUGERI, Franco. From the Ashes of Disgrace. viii, 376p., index. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1948].
War memoirs-cum-war history from the Director of Italian Naval Intelligence. |
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| 3945 | BAGNASCO, Erminio. The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships 1937-1948. 32p., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781848321052.
A heavily illustrated guide covering both design and operational history. |
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| 3956 | GREENE, Jack & MASSIGNANI, Alessandro. The Black Prince and the Sea Devils: The Story of Valerio Borghese and the Elite Units of the Decima MAS. xx, 284p.,bibliog., illus., index Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004. ISBN: 0306813114.
A biography of the legendary commander of the elite unit. |
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| 3955 | GAY, Franco, & GAY, Valerio. Bartolomeo Colleoni (Anatomy of the Ship). 324p., illus. Greenwich: Conway, 1987. ISBN: 0870219006
Another in the series which looks at the construction of individual ships in fine detail. Has a consistent and irritating inability properly to spell HMAS "Sidney." |
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| 3954 | FRACCAROLI, Aldo. RN Zara (Profile Warship, 17). 97–120pp., illus. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1972.
A full account of her war career and in particular of the Battle of Matapan where she was sunk. |
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| 3953 | FRACCAROLI, Aldo. Italian Warships of World War II. 204p., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 1968. ISBN: 0711000026.
Another of the excellent series of pocket-sized guides to the participant Navies of WWII. |
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| 3952 | COCCHIA, Aldo. Submarines Attacking: Adventures of Italian Naval Forces. 204, [4]p., illus. London: Kimber, 1956; Annapolis: USNIP, 1958.
Admiral Cocchia gives an anecdotal history of the Italian Fleet before the armistice, ranging from the Bordeaux Submarine Fleet to the sinking of the Roma. US title: The Hunters and the Hunted. |
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| 3951 | BRESCIA, Maurizio. Mussolini's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regia Marina 1930-1945. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Seaforth: Barnsley, 2012. ISBN: 9781848321151.
Covers the background, organisation, support facilities and operations both before and after the armistice. |
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| 3950 | BRAGADIN, Marc' Antonio. The Italian Navy in World War II. xviii, 380p., illus., index. Annapolis: USNIP, 1957.
The fullest and still the best history, but inevitably one-sided in its view of events. |
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| 3949 | BORGHESE, J. Valerio. Sea Devils. 263p., illus. London: Melrose, 1952; Chicago: Regnery, 1954.
The story of Italian experience with underwater attack teams and fast assault craft. The author was one of the leading participants and much of the story is told through his career. Reprinted in 1995. |
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| 3948 | BAGNASCO, Erminio, & GROSSMAN, Mark. Regia Marina: Italian Battleships of World War Two. 74p., illus. Missoula, Pictorial Histories Publishing , 1987. ISBN: 0933126751.
A heavily illustrated design and operational history. |
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| 3947 | BAGNASCO, Erminio & CERNUSCHI, Enrico. Le Navi Da Guerra Italiane 1940-1945. Italian Warships of World War Two. 359p., bibliog., illus., index. Parma: Ermanno Albertelli Editore, 2003. ISBN: 8887372365.
Although largely written in Italian, the captions of the heavily illustrated volume are bilingual, while the leading details of the various ships and classes are readily understood. |
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| 3946 | BAGNASCO, Erminio, & BRESCIA, Maurizio. La Mimetizzazione delle Navi Italiane 1940-1945/ Italian Navy Camouflage 1940-1945. 239p., bibliog., illus., index. Parma: Ermanno Albertelli Editore, 2006. ISBN: 8887372519.
A largely illustrated technical work. |
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