Taranto 1940

The Royal Navy`s stunning attack on Taranto in 1940 heralded a new age of warfare. It was the decisive moment in a struggle for dominance of the Mediterranean that had gone on for months, as the British and Italian navies both looked to secure maritime supply routes for their colonies. This is the story of one of World War II`s most devastating raids, recounting how a handful of obsolete Fairy Swordfish biplanes swooped in on the harbor, destroyed an Italian battleship, and badly damaged two more.