The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean

This work covers the destruction of the Italian Fleet at Taranto by naval aircraft from the carrier Illustrious, and the entry of the German Luftwaffe into the theatre with their attack on Illustrious in 1941.

David Brown

Part 1 Air and sea power, November 1940 to June 1941: fighting at sea in both halves of the Mediterannean, November 1940; fighting on land, at sea and in the air - Cyrenaica, convoys and bombardments, December 1940 to February 1941; axis forces attack in the Balkans and Cyrenaica, February to Arpil 1941; withdrawal from Crete, advance into Iraq and Syria, April to June 1941. Part 2 Support to the army, June to December 1941: stalemate in the Western desert, June and July 1941; attacks on the enemy's pipe-line, August, September 1941; preparing for assault in the desert, October, November 1941; advance into Cyrenaica, December 1941; Appendices.