The “MOVM” is the Italian acronym for “Gold Medal for Military Valour”, the highest military…
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Origin and Design The Soldati class destroyers were the result of long design evolution in…
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Construction In the 1930s, the attention of the Italian navy leadership shifted once again in…
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Luigi Biancheri was born in 1891 in Genoa, he entered the Royal Naval Academy of…
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Naval operations require a lot of fuel, specifically naphtha for most WW2 era navies. A…
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Pre-war situation It is fair to see that when Italy declared war on France and…
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The “Eritrea” was a military vessel, launched in 1937, conceived for long-range operations in the…
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Before and during WW2, the Regia Marina developed a certain number of designs for destroyers…
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The beginning of the end In November 1942, allied landings in French-controlled North Africa and…
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In 1939, when Europe was rapidly descending into war, and the various air forces were…
