"Italy's Forgotten Super Battleship Fleet of World War II" Topic
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Tango01  | 29 Jun 2024 5:39 p.m. PST |
"Italy's Regia Marina was one of the busiest navies of the interwar period. Four old battleships were rebuilt so completely that they barely resembled their original configuration. This helped Italy achieve what was really, by the late 1930s, significant ship-to-ship superiority over the French Navy. The reconstruction of these ships helped generate ideas as to what their new battleships should look like. The new ships were to have enough speed to catch Dunkerque and Strasbourg (a new pair of French fast battleships), and enough firepower to destroy them. The result was the first post–Washington Treaty class of genuine fast battleships, the Littorio class…"
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| Fitzovich | 30 Jun 2024 2:40 a.m. PST |
An often overlooked area. Thanks for posting. |
| JMcCarroll | 30 Jun 2024 8:05 a.m. PST |
The Littorio class is was one of the nicest looking BB of WW2. |
| Tango01 | 30 Jun 2024 3:44 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it boys… Armand |
| Tango01 | 01 Jul 2024 3:54 p.m. PST |
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| Nine pound round | 01 Jul 2024 7:32 p.m. PST |
In those days, I bet the US Navy had enough sailors who read and spoke Italian that they could have worked those ships without even changing the signage. |
| hindsTMP | 01 Jul 2024 8:34 p.m. PST |
I find it interesting that when the British and Americans were given some of these "super battleships" as reparations to use in the Pacific, both said "Naah, we're good." Might want to brush up on your WW2 history a bit (hint: it ended in 1945, and the Treaty of Paris specifying reparations was in 1947…). |
| Tango01 | 02 Jul 2024 12:25 p.m. PST |
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