Battle of the Espero Convoy

Quando

28 de jun. de 1940

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

35.14° N, 20.58° E

Description

WWII battle between Italy and the Allies

Naval

sim

War

World War II

WWII battle between Italy and the Allies

The Battle of the Espero Convoy on 28 June 1940, was the first surface engagement between Italian and Allied warships of the Second World War. Three 36 kn Italian destroyers made a dash from Taranto for Tobruk in Libya to transport Blackshirt anti-tank units, in case of an armoured attack from Egypt by the British.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “bataille du convoi Espero”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
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