Littorio class battleships PART 2: operational life

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An overview of the operational life and combat performances of the Littorio class battleships of the Regia Marina
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SOURCES:
Bagnasco, E., & De Toro, A. (2011). Littorio class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships 1937-1948
Giorgerini, G. (2001). La Guerra Italiana sul mare, La marina tra vittoria e sconfitta
USMM (1959), La Marina Italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale - Volume 11 - La Guerra nel Mediterraneo: le Azioni Navali
Hammond, R. (2017), An enduring influence on imperial defence and grand strategy: British perceptions of the Italian Navy, 1935-1943, The International History Review
Santarini, M. in Warship International (57/4 Dec 2020)
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MUSIC:
Five Armies by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.fi... License: filmmusic.io/s... (CC BY 4.0)
Dark Times by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.fi... License: filmmusic.io/s... (CC BY 4.0)
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A special thank to Matteo Fornoli, for restoring the pictures of Italian Admirals
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The 3D model of battleship Roma used in the video comes from the free online game World of Warships (worldofwarship...)
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@johnbaker6936 2 года назад

My Father was on HMS Kingston during the second battle of Sirte. Fortunately he was on the aft part of the ship helping with the 4.7 inch gun when they were stuck by the shell form the Littorio Thank you for your video and a Italian perspective.

@Italian_Military_Archives 2 года назад

Thank you John for the testimony!

@craigfazekas3923 2 года назад

Assuming that you have not spoken English for the majority of your life, you speak it very well indeed. Especially given that you're referencing technical items from history. Let's face it: it's one thing to say, "I need to buy milk, or are you having a good day "? To speak of technical matters clearly shows you are well versed in English !! Additionally, thank you for doing this for the English speaking world as well as the Italian- otherwise ? It would be lost on many who would be interested in Regia Marina..... Now, don't forget to cover the Japanese & German speaking peoples !!..... But seriously, THANK YOU !! 🚬😎

@alexrennison8070 Год назад

Wait, what? This guy is Italian?

@Claymore5 Год назад

Excellent presentation - the Mediterranean sea battles were so pivotal for the whole course of the war.

@SkywalkerWroc 2 года назад

Any chance for a video about Andrea Doria? There's little to find about it on youtube, and given the upcoming release of the ship to War Thunder - it'd be a great topic to cover.

@Italian_Military_Archives 2 года назад

There are several topics to cover, Andrea Doria is one of them, i will do my best

@LegacyUser 2 года назад

Nice to see some good information on the Italian Navy. They have some interesting ships and history. Thank you for putting something together in English.

@Italian_Military_Archives 2 года назад

Thank you! It's a pleasure

@MrTomte09 2 года назад

Another brilliant video! Please keep making these, your contribution to military history on RU-vid is valuable and much appreciated.

@Italian_Military_Archives 2 года назад

Thank you Karl, you are very kind

@Claymore5 10 месяцев назад

I just rewatched this and it came to mind that Vittorio Veneto and HMS Warspite were very similar in that they were the ships the enemy couldn't kill no matter how much was thrown at them. They both met the same end being scrapped when each could could have been preserved as fitting memorials to the brave men who served on them. How sad that is.

@WildBillCox13 2 года назад

Nice ships. Fast, well armored by standards of the time. Interesting tidbit relating the main battery accuracy oddities to stabilization, rather than quality control. 65mm AA seems like a good caliber, especially considering later trends.

@willierobertson862 2 года назад

Another excellent video Giulio, thank you for part 2.

@paoloodello3439 2 года назад

So good, as always!

@nanorider426 Год назад

Thank you for this great video. Keep it up. ^^

@samwch16992 2 года назад

Thanks for the upload, I had been waiting for months since part 1

@Italian_Military_Archives 2 года назад

Thank you for the patience! It was a hard work and I wanted it to be done properly

@1089maul 2 года назад

Giulio, Thanks for an interesting presentation! The Littorio’s were some of the most elegant and graceful looking warships of WW2! That doesn’t make them the best. I agree with your views of their shortcomings but would add that the Regia Marina suffered due to the lack of radar. Keep up the great work! I look forward to the next presentation or discussion! Regards Bob

@TheVigilant109 2 года назад

Thank you

@SkywalkerWroc 2 года назад

24:10 What do you mean by the "overstabilisation of the projectiles"? Which study was the source for that? Last I heard the root cause was the inconsistency in production

@Italian_Military_Archives 2 года назад

Just added the source. It's hard for me to say it in english, I link here a twitter thread which contains a graph which should be self explanatory. Basically the projectiles tended to be very stable during the flight (hardly changing the orientation) and this coupled with air resistance, increased the dispersion at longer ranges: twitter.com/Axe99/status/1383271853234348038

@toda304 2 года назад

Thanks for the upload Great work

@Italian_Military_Archives 2 года назад

Thanks a lot! Especially for your patience!

@blowfishfuguyou1512 2 года назад

Bravo !

@cwjian90 2 года назад

Re: Pugliese system I think it is the same situation as SPS where the really damaging hits occurred outside the TDS in places where no system can cover, but the hits that did occur on the TDS were protected as intended.

@TrickiVicBB71 2 года назад

You mentioned to me a few pieces of the ship are in museums. To bad they couldn't preserve a gun turret or even the whole ship

@TrickiVicBB71 2 года назад

They are good ships, just wished they had more operational battles

@patrickcloutier6801 2 года назад

The Littorios and the Cavours have respectable operational histories, but I think the UK and US were very capricious in the treatment of the surviving Italian battleships. It was a dishonorable way to treat new allies, IMHO, particularly when they had ably fought at sea.