Bateaux et marine
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ITALIAN ASSAULT CRAFT 1940-1945
In stark contrast to the rather modest performance of its large surface fleet in the Second World War, the Italian Navy’s smallest units achieved its most spectacular successes. It made a speciality of unconventional methods of attack – explosive motor boats, human torpedoes and miniature submarines – that were employed with ingenuity and daring to surprise, discomfort and baffle the enemy. …
THE WAR OF THE GUN BOATS
The ‘little ships' of the Second World War – the fast and highly manoeuvrable motor torpedo boats and gunboats which fought in coastal waters all over the world – developed a special kind of naval warfare. With their daring nightly raids against an enemy's coastal shipping – and sometimes much larger warships – they acquired the buccaneering spirit…
L'INCENDIE DU NORMANDIE
Le Normandie fut le plus beau paquebot jamais construit au monde. Le 9 février 1942, il prend feu et chavire dans le port de New York. Cet incendie fut-il un enchaînement de circonstances malheureuses ou bien un acte délibéré …