Submarines - Military History, Submarines, Mapped Category - History - General, General & Miscellaneous French History, General & Miscellaneous European History, Naval Operations - World War II, Italian History - 1922 - 1945 (Fascist Era & World War II),
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Overview
They blasted trails of destruction from Cadiz to Crete, from Alexandria to Gibraltar, leaving in their wake the sunken hulls & twisted wreckage of dozens of ships of the Allied Naval Forces. They were the men of the Italian Navys 10th Light Flotilla, the original frogmen who, in WW II, introduced a new concept of undersea warfare into the ongoing history of naval conflict. This book tells the Frogmen story as it has never before been recorded. Parts are in the attested & taped words of the sea-going warriors themselves; parts drawn directly from British & Italian Navy Archives, all accurately documented. Photos.Synopsis
They blasted trails of destruction from Cadiz to Crete, from Alexandria to Gibraltar, leaving in their wake the sunken hulls & twisted wreckage of dozens of ships of the Allied Naval Forces. They were the men of the Italian Navys 10th Light Flotilla, the original frogmen who, in WW II, introduced a new concept of undersea warfare into the ongoing history of naval conflict. This book tells the Frogmen story as it has never before been recorded. Parts are in the attested & taped words of the sea-going warriors themselves; parts drawn directly from British & Italian Navy Archives, all accurately documented. Photos.
Book Details
Published
February 1, 2005
Publisher
Branden Books
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780828320887