Last stand of Italian Destroyer Espero ⚓ Ambush against the Espero Convoy (Documentary) VIDEO
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In the summer of 1940, the Mediterranean witnessed the first surface clash between Italian and Allied warships. Italian destroyers, carrying Blackshirt anti-tank units to Tobruk, found themselves in a dramatic confrontation with the Mediterranean Fleet off the coast of Crete.
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