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The Attack on Taranto: Blueprint for Pearl Harbor (Paperback)

by Thomas P. Lowry (Author), John Wellham (Author)

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Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Stackpole Books; New edition edition (15 Jun 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0811726614
ISBN-13: 978-0811726610
Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.3 x 1.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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This is a close study of the little-known attack in November 1940, by British carrier-based planes on the Italian fleet at Taranto. This was a successful raid, in which the Italian fleet was put out of World War II, the raid was studied by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and served as a textbook case for surprise and swift devastation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very well done indeed!, 8 Dec 2003

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On November 11, 1940, a British aircraft carrier launched its torpedo bombers on a sneak attack on the Italian fleet anchored in the heavily defended port of Taranto. The Italian fleet was heavily damaged, and its morale was shaken. Among those examining the attack was Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who had similar plans of his own...

This short book examines the attack on Taranto, all the while showing how that attack influenced the later attack on Pearl Harbor. Along the way, the author treats the reader to a history of aircraft carriers, torpedoes, the Italian and Japanese navies, and just about everything pertinent to a full understanding of the two attacks. After the Taranto chapters, there is another examining the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. The eight(!) appendices cover such topics as British naval aviation, the raid on Bomba, Libya, the names of the British flight crews at Taranto, and much more.

This book is very well done indeed! The author takes a World War 2 episode that is largely overlooked in many history books, examines it in depth, and makes the whole thing fascinating to read. My one complaint against the book is that it contains only one map, a map of the port of Taranto. However, the book does include a number of great black-and-white pictures that really add to the text. Overall, I would call this a great book, one worth your time to read!

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