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Fellow Contributors,

Doe anyone know if Le battaglie navali del Mediterraneo nella seconda guerra mondiale by Arrigo Petacco has been published in English?

All the best

wadinga

Hello everybody,

I'm not aware of an English version of this book.

I have the Italian version, a very good book, but more a popularizing and informative book than a detail original research: Arrigo Petacco was (he died last year) a journalist and a screenwriter more than a professional historian: however, his book is a good 230 pages summary of the naval battles in the Med in WWII, without major errors and quite balanced.

Plus: original war bulletins, many precise battlemaps, schemes and technical data of ships, planes and arms
Minus: a bit "rethorical" writing style, few references are given for the information reported


Bye, Alberto