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The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940 to 2 May 1945.. For the most part, the campaign was fought between the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina), supported by other Axis naval and air forces, those of Nazi Germany and Vichy France, and the British Royal Navy, supported by other Allied naval ...
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Battle of the Mediterranean: Mediterranean Front: 1940-07-09 United Kingdom Australia Italy: Inconclusive Cape Spada: Battle of the Mediterranean: Mediterranean Front: 1940-07-19 United Kingdom Australia Italy: Allies Tug Argan: East African campaign: African Front: 1940-08-11 1940-08-15 United Kingdom Italy: Axis Adlertag: Battle of Britain ...
After receiving orders on 3 July to form a north–south patrol line in the Mediterranean for a distance of 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) east of Alboran Island and south of Cape Palos during the night of 6/7 July to protect Oran and attack British ships, the French submarines Archimède, Le Conquérant and L'Espoir got underway from Toulon at 2:45 a.m ...
Brandung (1941) — Axis attack toward El Alamein that became the Battle of Alam el Halfa; Capri (1942) — counter-attack at Medenine, Tunisia; Etappenhase (1944) —aborted attempt to establish assault bases along Algerian-Tunisian border; Felix (1940–41) — planned invasion of Gibraltar.
Italian naval victories in the battle of the Mediterranean (14 P) Pages in category "Battle of the Mediterranean" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The Battle of Calabria (9 July 1940) known to the Italian Navy as the Battle of Punta Stilo, was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the Second World War. Ships of the Regia Marina were opposed by vessels of the Mediterranean Fleet. The battle took place 30 nmi (56 km; 35 mi) to the east of Punta Stilo, Calabria.
Mediterranean naval operations of World War I (1 C, 18 P) Mediterranean theatre of World War II (8 C, 35 P) Pages in category "Military history of the Mediterranean"