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“augusto de toro”

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  • Italian Heavy Cruisers

    From Trento to Bolzano

    by Maurizio Brescia, Augusto de Toro ...
    A technical history of seven Italian heavy cruisers: Trento, Trieste, Bolzano, Zara, Fiume, Gorizia, Pola—a perfect companion volume to Italian Battleships.When the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 effectively banned the building of battleships, competition between the major navies concentrated on the next most powerful category, heavy cruisers limited to ten thousand tons displacement and eight-.. ... Read more

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  • The Littorio Class

    Italy's Last and Largest Battleships 1937-1948

    by Ermingo Bagnasco, Augusto de Toro ...
    "An important work for anyone interested in warship design, the naval side of World War II in the Mediterranean, or modern Italian history."—New York Military Affairs SymposiumFor its final battleship design Italy ignored all treaty restrictions on tonnage and produced one of Europe's largest and most powerful capital ships, comparable with Germany's Bismarck class, similarly built in defiance of ... Read more

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  • Operation Pedestal

    The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942

    by Max Hastings ...
    The Sunday Times bestseller ‘One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by the incomparable Max Hastings’ DAILY MAILIn August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis, because its 300,000 people could no longer be fed. Churchill made a personal decision that at all costs, the ‘island fortress’ must be saved. This was not merely a matter ... Read more

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  • Stringbags in Action

    by B.B. Schofield ...
    Admiral Schofields accounts of the Taranto and Bismarck battles make for unforgettable reading.The author traces the development of British naval aviation from its early beginnings in 1912, through the First World War and the frustrations of the inter-war years. The November 1940 attack on the Italian fleet in its strongly defended base at Taranto demonstrated for the first time the battle-winning ... Read more

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  • British Battleships 1939–45 (1)

    Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign Classes

    by Angus Konstam ...
    Series Book 154 - New Vanguard
    With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence.Yet ten of the 12 battleships were already over 20 years old, having served in World War I, and required extensive modifications to allow them to perform a vital service throughout the six long years of conflict. Angus Konstam offers a comprehensive review of the ... Read more

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  • Warships After London

    The End of the Treaty Era in the Five Major Fleets, 1930–1936

    by John Jordan ...
    The acclaimed naval historian presents an authoritative study of how the 1930 Treaty of London influenced warship design in the years before WW2.After the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 put a cap on the construction of capital ships and aircraft carriers, the major navies of the world began building 'treaty cruisers' and other warships that maximized power while abiding the restrictions. As the ... Read more

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  • Treaty Cruisers

    The First International Warship Building Competition

    by Leo Marriott ...
    "A quite enlightening book that discusses the most important group of heavy cruisers serving during WW2 and how the type evolved." — Malcolm Wright, author of British and Commonwealth Warshi p Camouflage of WWIIThe Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 and subsequent treaties in the 1930s effectively established the size and composition of the various navies in World War II. In partic... ... Read more

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  • Italian Battleships of World War II

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 182 - New Vanguard
    Italy's navy, the Regia Marina, was the fourth-largest naval force in the world at the outbreak of World War II, and yet is often overlooked and largely discounted as ineffective.In general the fleet was made up of obsolete vessels, lacked radar functionality, and had a reputation for indiscipline and poorly trained crews. The complex and bureaucratic command system imposed on the fleet further ... Read more

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  • German E-boats 1939–45

    by Gordon Williamson ...
    Series Book 59 - New Vanguard
    By the outbreak of World War II, Germany had done much to replace the Kaiser's High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled following their surrender at the end of World War I.Forced to build anew, the Kriegsmarine possessed some of the most technically advanced warships in existence. Although the heavy units of the fleet were too small in number to pose much of a threat, Germany was particularly well ... Read more

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  • In Passage Perilous

    Malta and the Convoy Battles of June 1942

    by Vincent P. O'Hara ...
    Series series Twentieth-Century Battles
    An invaluable account of one of the most overlooked sea battles of World War II.By mid-1942 the Allies were losing the Mediterranean war: Malta was isolated and its civilian population faced starvation. In June 1942 the British Royal Navy made a stupendous effort to break the Axis stranglehold. The British dispatched armed convoys from Gibraltar and Egypt toward Malta. In a complex battle lasting ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Matapan 1941

    The Trafalgar of the Mediterranean

    by Mark Simmons ...
    In March 1941, the Royal Navy scored one of the greatest one-sided victories against the Italian Fleet the Regia Marina at Matapan. It brought to an end six months of remarkable success for the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. When France fell and Italy declared war on Britain, Admiral Dudley Pound had wanted to evacuate the Mediterranean altogether and concentrate on home defence. Churchill ... Read more

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  • French Battleships, 1922–1956

    by John Jordan, Robert Dumas ...
    This illustrated naval history presents a comprehensive study of French battleships constructed after the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.The French battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were the most radical and influential battleship designs of the interwar period, and were coveted by the British, German and Italian navies following the Armistice of June 1940. Using a wealth of ... Read more

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