The Navy suspected sabotage. German U-boats had sunk 120 American merchant ships in the first three months after Pearl Harbor ...

The ceremony, held in Trieste, coincided with the 71st anniversary of the city’s return to Italy and marks the ship’s transition toward full operational service. The Italian Navy’s newest amphibious ...

In 1940, in the Mediterranean theater of World War II—the Battle of the Strait of Otranto took place. As a diversionary ...

A Bayraktar TB-2 drone and helicopters sit on the Turkish Navy's L-400 Anadolu in 2023. Italy wants new ships designed to host drones of all types. (Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images) ROME — The Italian ...

The date of the Trieste’s flag ceremony was carefully chosen—taking place on the 71st anniversary of the city of Trieste’s return to Italy on October 26, 1954. It has been an eventful couple of months ...

On Dec. 19, 1941, in the pre-dawn darkness, six Italian commandos slipped into Alexandria harbor in Egypt. British troops and sailors had spotted an Italian reconnaissance plane days earlier, and ...

Italian PPA vessel Francesco Morosini is pictured at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, in June 2023. (Hunini, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia) ROME — The Italian navy has ordered two PPA multimission vessels from ...

The Italian F-35s deployed for the first time to Landivisiau Naval Air Base, integrating 5th gen aircraft in the training of the French Navy’s Rafales. The French Navy’s (Marine Nationale) Landivisiau ...

Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing fleet air defense and strike capabilities. Not wanting to be viewed as the ‘sick man’ of the Axis ...

The Strategy and Politics of Fascist Italy during World War II You will learn something new when reading this well written and well edited book about the war effort of Italy in World War II. The ...