Battle of the Espero Convoy

Ne zaman

28 Haz 1940

Tür

Muharebe

Koordinatlar

35.14° N, 20.58° E

Description

WWII battle between Italy and the Allies

Naval

evet

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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