Congratulations on the channel. I know with posting in both English and Italian you have a greater workload than if you were doing this in just one language, but I am glad you are doing it both ways. I wish you luck and that you always "have a tall ship and a star to sail her by."

Giulio, First of all may I pay my respects to Erminio Bagnasco. A fine author. I do have some of his books. I wasn’t aware that he had recently passed away. Rest in peace Sir. Now, your presentation. I found to to be very informative and really interesting. The format of your presentation kept the interest going all the time. I don’t think that Aquila would have changed the course of the war but when you look at the Marina Militare of today, then you can see the legacy with the Cavour and the Garibaldi. I look forward to watching more of your superb work. Regards, Bob

@Italian_Military_Archives

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Bob!

A very informative presentation - the question of whether an Italian aircraft carrier would have changed Italian fortunes in the Mediterranean is interesting - to say it would not, is saying that Italy was predestined to lose the war. If so, then at least having the carrier might have translated into additional Italian successes, before the inevitable end - for example, might the existence of an Italian aircraft carrier during the Operation Pedestal fighting, have resulted in complete destruction of the convoy and surrender of Malta, rather than a the few survivors giving Malta just enough supplies to fight on? Maybe Italian possession of Malta and firm control of the central Mediterranean would have given the Mussolini regime another year of life. So many what ifs...

The World of Warships game just added the Aquila as a premium carrier. The ship model in game looks amazing.

great video. Good to see so many different designs from the drawing boards as far back as the early 1920s.

a single italian CV would have not changed the war, but maybe if 2 CVs would have been built in the 20s and modernized in mid 30s, then a 2 CV force of around 40 planes, packed with dive/torpedo bombers trained for naval attack would have proven vital in the first few battles of the war, maybe crippling a battleship or two in order for the surface units to persuit and finish the ship... units that would be more secure to sail thanks to the air cover provided by naval fighters. 2 less battleships on the Royal Navy and without the strategic advantage of the unchallenged bombers, Royal Navy would have it much harder, moreon since RN basically cornered Regia Marina with 2 forces of roughly equal size in Alexandria and Gibraltar. 2 less battleships in 1940 would have render this strategy impossible without compromising the far east fleet, and the replacement would have been the very slow Revenge Class, Battleships only usefull as fleet in being against surface units but pretty bad against air attack due to lack of AA defenses. Of course the other main issue for the Regia Marina to be in a better position during ww2 would have been the radar development (which was cutted off in late 30s) and enter the war with at least Radar Search suits for some of their ships in order to detect enemy air and surface units

Fascinating. Many thanks

Thanks ahain for this if i haven't already commented. Very good stuff. I have to love also how despite it being a wartime rush the aquilla still LOOKS excellent. Have you seen she is now a unit you can play in world of warships by the by

This makes me wonder if a 1:700 scale model has ever been produced by a model kit manufacturer of AQUILA. I don't normally build models of concept vessels- ones that were never built by a navy but were conceived or partially built & never saw actual service. But in the case of AQUILA ? My love for Regia Marina subjects might change my stance !!..... 🚬😎

Thanks so much for the excellent presentation. I subscribed. I have studied the era and its naval history for decades. Posts like this are the reason I am here. To learn. You added a new element. Grazie!

@Italian_Military_Archives

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you James!

Thank you for this video, and since I do not speak Italian, thank you as well for recording English versions even though it’s extra work. I have a question. In the video you remarked that Cape Matapan might have turned out differently if there had been an Italian aircraft carrier present. How do you think it would have helped, since the cruisers were lost at night? Better awareness of the location of the British battleships, perhaps?

@Italian_Military_Archives

10 ай бұрын

Fighter cover would have protected the fleet from the two afternoon attacks. In the first one, the Vittorio Veneto was damaged and slowed down. In the second, right before sunset, the Pola was crippled, starting the chain of events that led to the night clash. With a small air cover, probably this would have been avoided

@telescoper

10 ай бұрын

Grazie@@Italian_Military_Archives

Aquila and Sparviero are a clear example of too little, too late

@Italian_Military_Archives

4 ай бұрын

On that, we all agree

Nice video

Great video, and a great subject for a YT channel, the Italian Navy is a sadly neglected topic in the English language. A question: When you say that the raid on Taranto demonstrated the usefulness of an aircraft carrier to the Italian supreme command, were they looking at it from a perspective of for fleet air defense or for performing raids themselves?

@Italian_Military_Archives

2 жыл бұрын

They acknowledged the military value of utilising these kind of vessels

@Italian_Military_Archives

2 жыл бұрын

Mainly for offensive duties

@exharkhun5605

2 жыл бұрын

@@Italian_Military_Archives Ok, that makes sense. Thank you.

Falto el impero .

now Giulio but the flat design of the bow....mah ...too messy..as per the whole armament lack of planning ..interferences ..interests..italian way