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The Italian seaplane base at the port of Augusta, Sicily, Italy, circa in September 1943. Visible are six Italian CANT Z.506 Airone seaplanes. An air base was built in Augusta harbor between November 1917 and 1920 with a reinforced concrete airship hangar for use as a bombing and gunnery training school and as a reconnaissance base. Converted ...
Bombardment of Augusta on 13 May 1943 . During World War II Augusta was a hotbed of anti-Mussolini sentiment and anti-fascist sentiment more generally, as was all of Sicily. [6] Because of the strongarm tactics that the Mussolini regime used to subdue Sicily, the fascist regime was very unpopular on the island, including in Augusta. [7]
Pages in category "Ports and harbours of Italy" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Port of Pescara; Port of Augusta; Port of Bari; Port ...
The Augusta Bay is located on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, about 270 nm south-southeast of Naples. [1] In the ancient period it was called Xiphonius portus (Ancient Greek: Ξιφώνειος λιμήν). The modern Capo di Santa Croce was called Xiphonian Promontory (Ancient Greek: τὸ τῆς Ξ̔ιφωνίας ἀκρωτήριο).
Key to this was capturing ports to facilitate the buildup of his forces and the capture of airfields. The task of Montgomery's Eighth Army was, therefore, to capture the Pachino Airfield on Cape Passero and the port of Syracuse before moving northwards to take the ports of Augusta and Catania. Their objectives also included the landing fields ...
Italy. Port of Genoa; Port of Gioia Tauro; Port of La Spezia; Port of Trieste; Port of Augusta; Port of Marghera; Port of Taranto; Port of Palermo; Port of Naples;
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Regia Marina naval jack until 1900. The Regia Marina was established on 17 March 1861 following the proclamation of the formation of the Kingdom of Italy.Just as the Kingdom was a unification of various states in the Italian peninsula, so the Regia Marina was formed from the navies of those states, though the main constituents were the navies of the former kingdoms of Sardinia and Naples.