2-636-744 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'All her eggs in one basket. All six of italy's battleships are shown safely at anchor in the outer harbour at Taranto', 1940 (1943). In November 1940 the British launched an air attack on the Regia Marina naval base at Taranto in southern Italy in what became known as the Batle of Taranto. One Italian battleship was sunk and two were seriously damaged by British torpedoes in the attack. From East of Malta, West of Suez. [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1943]