Taranto Raid, 1940: The British Raid that Inspired Japan's Pearl Harbor (Documentary)

In November 1940, the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm executed a surprise attack on the Italian naval base at Taranto, reshaping naval warfare... The raid on Taranto would go on to inspire the Empire of Japan to launch their attack against Pearl Harbor a year later.

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[Youngmaker]

The japanese be like: Write that down! Write that down!

[grandadmiralzaarin]

One cannot help but feel sympathy for the Regia Marina. It spent two decades arming, training and preparing to fight the Marine Nationale of France, and not to go to war until 1942 at the earliest, instead they suddenly found themselves in war with the Royal Navy in 1940, an enemy who specialized in night fighting, had radar and aircraft carriers. That the Italians did as well as they did is nothing short of commendable.

[SennaAugustus]

The Stringbag was called as such because the plane could carry anything, just like the shopping bag. Their slow speed and superior handling made them the only planes that could take off at night, something other planes needed a few more years to work out. Such is the nature of battle honours, no other ship was given the honour of Taranto 1940 as it was deemed a solo effort.

[jiyuhong]

the battleships actually had good torpedo protection. unfourtunatlet since the torps hit the section without protection they sank

[oliverhughes]

It's incorrect to state that Taranto 'irreversibly tipped the scales'. Britain arguably enjoyed superiority beforehand, but it is also argued that Italy enjoyed a period of supremacy after the Alexandria raid just over a year after this.

[mohammedsaysrashid]

An informative and wonderful historical coverage episode shared by an excellent ( house of history) channel...introduced clearly. Showed British naval forces' superiority on Mediterranean sea.while, the Italian navy suffered from devastating loss in single naval assault .launched by swordfish biplanes those took on British aircraft carriers .. both Italian navy and German navy hadn't aircraft carriers. Thanks for sharing

[richardkeilig]

This was a prelude to Pearl Harbor. This incident is not well known. The British planes were not great, but the pilots were. The Italians did the best they could to save their ships. Thank God that the terrible war ended.

[geoffburrill]

Despite the Swordfish's appearance they were excellent torpedo bombers, could carry a decent sized torpedo and could take a great deal of punishment.

[anonnemo]

Superbly described and illustrated account of this historic action. Many thanks!

[Centu]

Hey .. I love ur editing and voice overs..keep educating us with ur impressive videos love from India 😊🇮🇳

[adeptusmagi]

were any of these listed speeds ever tested by anyone apart from the Italians ?
the problem with listing these speeds is the Italians speed tested their ships before they were complete Often before the gun turrets had been put into the hulls
so count 300- 400 tons per turret and the fact that no ammo was on the ships makes a massive difference to the true ship speed

[adamstrange]

Bismark, I AM ZE BEST BATTLESHIP IN ZE ATLANTIC!
Stringbag: REALLY?

[penandsword]

Awesome video! A good read on this raid - " The Attack on Taranto", by Thomas P Lowry - 2023

[stevehomer]

The technology and techniques for torpedo attacks against warships in shallow water were developed by the British during WWI to attack German warships near Helgoland using Blackburn biplanes using torpedoes with fragible fins. The plans were never executed in WWI but were successfully employed in Taranto.

"To War in a Stringbag" by Cmdr Charles Lamb descibes FAA Swordfish operations during WWII including the Taranto mission.

[paulsara]

Good job they didn't have the type 14 US torpedo.

[davidclaudy]

I just found your channel. Good stuff. I subscribed.

[garethmatthews]

great video but at the beginging when you showed the aircraft carrier it had later planes not swordfish but otherwise a great film can you do one about the bismark

[lilboy]

Could you make a video on MV Ondina and HMIS Bengal battle against Hokako Maru ?

It would be very great as not many people know it 😅

[gregorylumban-gaol]

Hopefully you can do one on the Battle of Surabaya

[lilboy]

Could you please make a video on Operation Livery 1942 and Operation Transom, Operation Cockpit 1944 ?

These contents' animation are not there on youtube.
And they are very less known