Ammiraglio Nerd
@CiarliniKoerner
I love history. I love ships. I love trains.
Ironically, the US and Italian Navies were largely in agreement so far as the data went during the interwar years. Both conducted extensive testing and determined that incoming shells could be defeated by degrading the performance of shell through bending, decapping, inducing…
Regia Marina: *laughs in variable-face-thickness Terni cemented armor* 😉
The Austro-Hungarian government did not warn the Italian cabinet of this step, despite the Triple Alliance treaty saying otherwise. A detail often forgotten in the popular history of "Italy changing sides" so many times repeated. #WorldWarI #GreatWar #TripleAlliance
Today in 1914, Austria-Hungary delivers a punitive 10-point ultimatum to Serbia following Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo in June. The demands, which seem designed to be rejected, target Serbian sovereignty. Serbia accepts all but one. Austria-Hungary declares war
#OTD for the Battle of Lissa, an excellent video by @ITM_archives that offers a novel (for many) approach to this well known but much misunderstood engagement. #RegiaMarina #ÖsterreichischeKriegsmarine #ironclads
This video, in which I put a lot of efforts, tries to shed light on the biggest battle fought between ironclads (and not only) in the 19th century 👉 youtu.be/cPLSso7wdHw #battle #navalbattle #lissa #ironclads
Some very nice footage from a pre #ww2 propaganda film done by the Italian navy, Nice shots of cruisers abd destryoyers @CiarliniKoerner @Drachinifel @Rich_Ships @AC_NavalHistory youtu.be/Mh-wJbIXeAY?si…
The Italian destroyer Dardo cuts a fine line alongside the heavy cruiser Zara during a Naval Review on 26 November 1936. In the background the destroyer Folgore can be seen. Over 100 warships, all having been produced within the last decade, took part in the naval review.
I have been in and out of #MilanoCentrale a lot of times, and I thought that, save for the bases of the iron canopies, it had been largely 'sanitized' from the Fascist symbols postwar. Today, as I approached from the eastern side, I saw I was wrong. Interesting.
Here's an overview on the interwar development of Italian #destroyers #ww2 youtu.be/exhsHf18zeI?si…
Fiat BR.20 Cicogna bombers of the Regia Aeronautica in action circa 1941
Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero torpedo bombers attacking an Allied convoy in the Mediterranean circa 1942