Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "The Regia Marina in WW2 - The Under-appreciated Navy (w. Vincent O'Hara)" video.

  1. Oddly, most novels written about wartime events during the war tended not to celebrate the skills or achievements of the other side. You find the lack of balance surprising? Although the convoy subsequently suffered serious losses as a result of air attack, shouldn't a force of 1 battleship, 2 heavy and one light cruisers, and 10 destroyers, really have been able to achieve more against 4 light cruisers, 1 AA cruiser, and 18 destroyers, which were restricted in their operations by being tied to the movements of a slow moving convoy?
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  2. As British convoys didn't use the canal, it would have served no purpose. Moreover, the Mediterranean Fleet was based in Alexandria.
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  3. These 'risky & daft decisions.' Presumably that is your interpretation?
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  4. 'Quite successful' at best. Italian boats sank 109 allied merchantmen.
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  5. Duke of York and Burnett's cruiser squadron seemed to manage quite effectively unaided. Tirpitz was kept well out of harm's way in her fjord as a Fleet in Being.
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