Author: WRAGG David
Title: Swordfish. The Story of the Taranto Raid.
Description: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [2003]. 8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16;cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. It is argued that the attack on Taranto changed the nature of war at sea by shifting the aggressive emphasis to carrier-borne aircraft. This account of Operation JUDGEMENT focuses on the personalities involved and examines the strategic context.

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, fleet air arm, naval aviation, taranto, swordfish, david wragg, naval, wwii, swordfish


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