Italian Regia Marina Captain Pietro de Cristofaro, aboard the destroyer Tarigo, stood high as his ship spearheaded the Axis ...
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2019. Pp. x, 324. Illus., maps, tables, figures, appends., notes, biblio., index. $34.99. ISBN: 1682474607 Making extensive use of ...
In early August 1942, a substantial British naval force left the western Mediterranean base of Gibraltar. It was a convoy of much-needed supplies, especially fuel oil, for Malta, the Mediterranean ...
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2024. Pp. xii, 319. Illus., maps, plans, appends, notes, biblio., index. $55.00 paper. ISBN:147669009X The Saga of the Pedestal Convoy and ...
As Malta marks the anniversary of the Santa Maria convoy’s arrival in Grand Harbour, a pivotal moment in World War II that paved the way for the Allied invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy, President ...
During the Second World War it is estimated that over 35,000 merchant seamen lost their lives. Some seamen who survived long ...