Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era ...

The Battle of Calabria, fought on July 9, 1940, was a key naval engagement between the British Mediterranean Fleet and the ...

Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the Mediterranean had, by late 1941, largely ended in failure. The success of the Royal Navy in the raid on Taranto and at the Battle of Cape Matapan had given ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Fascist Italy took daring measures when all else seemed to fail. Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the Mediterranean had, by late 1941, largely ended in failure. The ...