Sea devils : Italian navy commandos in World War II /
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| Author / Creator: | Borghese, Iunio Valerio, 1907-1974. |
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| Uniform title: | Decima Flottiglia Mas. English |
| Imprint: | Annapolis, Md. : Naval Insitute Press, c1995. |
| Description: | xix, 262 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Classics of naval literature |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2442679 |
Table of Contents:
- I. How a New Arm Was Born
- II. Types of Assault Craft
- III. At War - The First Operation: The Submarine 'Iride' ('Iris'), August 1940
- IV. September 1940: Operations of the Submarines 'Gondar' and 'Scire'
- V. Moccagatta Organizes the Tenth Light Flotilla
- VI. Second Mission of the 'Scire' Against Gibraltar; October 1940
- VI. First Success of the Assault Craft: Victory of Suda Bay: March 1941
- VII. Third Mission of the 'Scire' Against Gibraltar: May 1941
- IX. The Glorious Failure at Malta: 25th-26th July, 1941
- X. First Success of the Human Torpedoes - Gibraltar: 20th - 21st September, 1941
- XI. Sinkings of the Battleships 'Valiant' and 'Queen Elizabeth' - Alexandria: 19th December, 1941
- XII. Spring 1942: Torpedo Assault Boats at the Siege of Malta; The 'Ambra' at Alexandria
- XIII. The Tenth Flotilla at the Siege of Sevastopol in the Black Sea
- XIV. Summer 1942: Operations 'Cefalo', 'Sogliola' and 'Costanza' - Round Trip Through Europe - End of the 'Scire'
- XV. Siege of Gibraltar - The Villa Carmela - Two Attacks by Swimmers - the 'Olterra'
- XVI. The 'Ambra' at Algiers: The Tunisia Campaign
- XVII. The Front Shrinks - The Activity of the Tenth Expands (May-September 1943).