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It's November the 11th, 1940, a moonlit night. We're in the Gulf of Taranto, the raised arch within the foot of Italy.

Out over the bay, twelve aircraft of Britain's fleet air arm cut through the cloud.

They are fairy swordfish, rickety old biplanes. They look more out of the previous World War than the

current one. But the string bag, as the swordfish is affectionately known, is a deceptive

aircraft. Slow, it can confound early warning systems, pootling up out of nowhere, nimble too, able to weave round air defences, more important is its payload.

Strapped under each of the plane's bellies is a sixteen hundred pound torpedo, which can be aimed with remarkable precision.

And there to be delivered tonight to the Taranto Naval Base,

home of the Regia Marina, the Royal Italian Fleet.

Spotted at the last minute, the ACAC guns open up. Tracer bullets spray up into the night.

But the string bags have banked down into their final run,

skimming just feet across the waves.

In a surreal twist, one of the navigators picks up a local radio station opera in the battle of the

Mediterranean the toronto raid is a devastating blow to Italian military ambition.

It will wipe out two destroyers, a cruiser, and three of Mussolini's prized battleships.

After a second wave comes in to set the port ablaze, the string bags wheel away, heading

back out to sea.

Just five months into the war, and Ilduchet's navy has been neutered, and all for the loss of two aircraft.

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