Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Action off Cape Passero, was a naval engagement in the Second World War between the British light cruiser HMS Ajax, three torpedo boats and seven destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina, in the central Mediterranean, to the south-east of Sicily, on the night of 11/12 October 1940.
The Battle of Cape Spada was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the second World War. It took place on 19 July 1940 in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada , the north-western extremity of Crete .
The Battle of Cape Spartivento, known as the Battle of Cape Teulada in Italy, was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the Second World War, fought between naval forces of the Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina on 27 November 1940.
Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Normandy (2004) Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Italy (2005) Battlefront (2007 video game) (2007) (Namesake of 1986 version) Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets (2008) Across the Dnepr: Second Edition (2010) (Expansion. Remake of 2003 namesake title.)
Battle of Calabria; Battle of the Campobasso Convoy; Battle of Cape Bon (1941) Battle of Cape Matapan; Action off Cape Passero; Battle of Cape Spada; Battle of Cape Spartivento; Channel Dash; Battle of the Cigno Convoy; Convoy OA 178; Convoy Faith; Convoy HX 47; Convoy HX 49; Convoy HX 90; Convoys HX 229/SC 122; Convoy QP 10; Convoy QP 11 ...
Discover the best free online games at AOL.com - Play board, card, casino, puzzle and many more online games while chatting with others in real-time.
From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed).This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.
Promoted to captain in 1935, McCarthy was the highest ranking British officer at the Battle of Cape Passero in 1940, and [2] he commanded HMS Ajax from 1940 [3] and HMS Anson from 1943, taking part in Operation Tungsten against the German battleship Tirpitz in April 1944, [4] and then becoming Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1944. [5]