{"product_id":"attack-on-taranto-thomas-p-lowry-9780811726610","title":"Attack on Taranto","description":"On November 11, 1940, 21 slow, canvas-covered British warplanes, launched from the carrier Illustrious, attacked the harbor at the Italian port of Taranto and put most of the Italian navy out of commission. This all-but-forgotten operation, the authors argue, deserves historical recognition as an inspirational precedent for the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor 13 months later. Taranto demonstrated that battleships in a shallow, heavily defended harbor could be sunk by a handful of torpedo-bombers. That lesson Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese fleet, learned well-while the American military virtually ignored it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"By this single stroke the balance of naval power in the Mediterranean was decisively altered.\" -Winston S. Churchill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas P. Lowry, John Wellham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811726614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811726610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stackpole Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.05h x 6.02w x 0.59d","brand":"Thomas P. Lowry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795336876287,"sku":"9780811726610","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7bb35d0-5c70-414f-a9cb-5a2c3f192271.jpg?v=1744947292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/attack-on-taranto-thomas-p-lowry-9780811726610","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}