Carlo Balsamo di Specchia-Normandia (1939 – December 1940) Mario Bonetti (December 1940 – April 1941)
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East African campaign of World War II
Sudan
British Somaliland (1940)
Tug Argan
French Somaliland
Convoy BN 7
Agordat
British Somaliland (1941)
Keren
Saïo
Amba Alagi
Culqualber
Gondar
Guerrilla war
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Arbegnoch
Red Sea Flotilla
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East Indies Station
East Africa Force
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The Red Sea Flotilla (Flottiglia del mar rosso) was part of the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) based at Massawa in the colony of Italian Eritrea, part of Italian East Africa. During the Second World War, the Red Sea Flotilla fought the East Indies Station of the Royal Navy from the Italian declaration of war on 10 June 1940 until the fall of Massawa on 8 April 1941.
The squadron was isolated from the main Italian bases in the Mediterranean by distance and British dispositions. Without an overland route (via Sudan) or of the Suez Canal, supply was virtually impossible. The submarines in the flotilla suffered from faulty air conditioning which caused severe problems and poisoned crews when submerged causing several losses.
Attempts to attack ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf had meagre results and British intelligence successes caused the loss of several ships. The capture of Massawa and other Italian ports in the region brought the Flottiglia del mar rosso to an end in April 1941.
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in the Mediterranean Sea theater as well as the Gulf of Eilat and the RedSea theater. The current commander in chief of the Israeli Navy is Aluf David...
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Djibouti Djibouti City history and timeline For further information, see RedSeaFlotilla. Citations Blench, R. (2006). Archaeology, Language, and the African...
aground, or led to the scuttling of five destroyers from the Italian RedSeaFlotilla based at Massawa in Eritrea. Also in April, British, Indian, and Free...
maintained a small squadron in the Italian East Africa area. The "RedSeaFlotilla", consisting of seven destroyers and eight submarines, was based at...
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