Hunters and the Hunted, The by Admiral Aldo Cocchia w/ dust jacket

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Hunters and the Hunted, The by Admiral Aldo Cocchia

Hard Cover w/ dust jacket

179 pages

CONTENTS

PART 1 OCEAN-GOING SUBMARINES

I. Commerce Raiding 1

II. Betasom 8

III. U-Boats 13

IV. Shift to the Atlantic 18

V. Salvatore Todaro, the Knight Errant27

VI. Atlantic Incidents34

VII. Torelli's Career40

VIII. Pittoni and the Bagnolini 43

IX. Tramping to Singapore47

PART 2 ADVENTURES IN UNIFORM

X. Invading Crete59

XI. The Attack that Failed70

XII. The Kasbah77

XIII. Villa Carmela 81

XIV. The Ghost Ships89

PART 3 CONVOYS

XV. The Battle of African Convoys93

XVI. Blockade Runners116

XVII. A Drama in Two Acts 122

XVIII. Da Mosto's Last Fight 127

XIX. Commander Ignazio Castrogiovanni130

XX. Commander Enea Picchio 136

PART 4 FOUR BRAVE MEN

XXI. Admiral Carlo Bergamini 142

XXII. Carlo Fecia Di Cossato149

XXIII. Human Torpedoes 156

XXIV. Olterra's Commander172

Appendix: Italian Submarines in the Atlantic 179

List of Illustrations

Following page 24

Submarine night-attack against British convoy--Italian submarine cruising in the North Atlantic--Italian submarine entering Bordeaux docks.

Following page 56

Admiral Parona and the author (right) at BordeauxAdmiral Doenitz inspects Italian crews at Bordeaux-An Italian submarine attacks a British tanker--Italian submarine Malaspina sinks British Fame--Armed merchantman torpedoed by Italian submarineItalian submarine and U-boat meet on the high seas--Torpedo boat Circe sinks British submarine Tempest.

Following page 88

Makeshift landing-craft used in invasion of Crete--Aconvoy at Gibraltar. Villa Carmela in left center-Vivaldi runs into heavy weather while on convoy duty-"Ghost" ship, the light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni (Courtesy Lieut. Aldo Fraccaroli, INR)-Monte Gargano sinks after being hit by aerial torpedo--German steamer Castellon succumbs to torpedo attackConvoy about to sail from Italian base in Adriatic-Typical Italian convoy en route to North Africa.

Following page 120

Infantry for Albania embarking on Eugenio Di Savoia Loading German armored car on an Italian destroyer Italian heavy cruiser during a night action A cruiser of the Zara class in battle action Three views of Italian assault boat" The dramatic Italian two-man torpedo or "pig."

Following page 152

"Pig" base in hold of Olterra at Algeciras, Spain The submarine Brin which served during the entire war (Courtesy Lieut. Aldo Fraccaroli, INR) A Mediterranean convoy workhorse, the Da Recco (Courtesy Lieut. Aldo Fraccaroli, INR).

DIAGRAMS

Italian convoys' areas of operation 103

Cruises of the M.V. Orseolo 120

Plan for assault against Malta166

DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION

Admiral Cocchia's narrative begins early in the war when he was Chief of Staff at the Italian submarine base at Bordeaux. From this position he describes encounters with the British merchantmen, the Italian methods of slipping through the Straits of Gibraltar, the sinking of the cruiser Calypso, and the transformation of Italian submarines into unarmed cargo boats to take supplies to Japan.

The next phase deals with the Italian landings on Crete and is followed by a description of the defense of Tobruk, which culminated in the sinking of the cruiser Coventry and of the destroyers Sikh and Zulu. After describing attacks on Gibraltar and some weird happenings at the Battle of Matapan, Admiral Cocchia gives an account of the Battle of the Convoys in the Mediterranean a battle in which the author himself played a conspicuous part in command of a squadron of destroyers.

In addition, Admiral Cocchia's exciting narrative contains dramatic incidents such as the sinking of the battleship Roma by the Germans after the Italian armistice, and the attempts on Gibraltar by human torpedoes.

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