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The Battle of Cape Matapan (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Ταινάρου) was a naval battle during the Second World War between the Allies, represented by the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy, from 27 to 29 March 1941.
Cape Matapan (Greek: Κάβο Ματαπάς, Maniot dialect: Ματαπά), also called Cape Tainaron or Taenarum (Greek: Ακρωτήριον Ταίναρον), or Cape Tenaro, is situated at the end of the Mani Peninsula, Greece.
Battle of Cape Matapan: World War II Italian Naval Massacre. During the March 28, 1941, Battle of Cape Matapan, British Admiral Andrew B. Cunningham decided once and for all who would be master of the Mediterranean. It was called Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) by Benito Mussolini and his Fascist stalwarts, but the Italian navy, or Regia Marina, still ...
The Battle of Cape Matapan was the last offensive operation of the Italian Navy in World War II. From then on only the destroyers and submarines and the occasional cruiser would play any part in staving off the growing power of the Allies.
…Belgrade coup d’état, the decisive Battle of Cape Matapan took place between the British and Italian fleets in the Mediterranean, off the Peloponnesian mainland northwest of Crete. Hitherto, Italo-British naval hostilities in the Mediterranean area since June 1940 had comprised only one noteworthy action: the sinking in November at the…
Cape Tainaron or Cape Matapan is located at the southernmost point of the Peloponnese, i.e. of mainland Greece, and it’s a place of immense beauty. There is only one access route, winding and passing through the famous Mani picturesque villages and tower-houses, built with locally quarried stone, a practice that has been observed for ...
The Battle of Cape Matapan, fought off the southern tip of Greece, was Admiral Andrew Cunningham’s most significant victory, and also the last major fleet battle in the history of the Royal Navy. It was not just that British forces had an outstanding commander.