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• Attack on Taranto, 11 November 1940

  (art) Made by: Hamilton, John 1972

  image: A reconstruction of the British raid on Taranto with shipping, flares and searchlights in a night sky. The Italian fleet at anchor in the harbour is under attack from aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. Searchlight beams shine brightly up into the...

• With the Invasion Fleet: Troops Manning their Assault Landing Craft before the Landings in Sicily, Dawn, July 10th 1943

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1943

  image: The deck of a ship at night. A line of fully kitted out troops prepare to board a landing craft, each soldier with his right hand on the shoulder of the man in front to help guide each other in the dark.

• Tutto il Nostro Risparmio Alla Patria [All Our Savings to Our Country]

  (posters) Made by: Codognato, Plinio (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned at the centre, in black outlined red. image: an oversized Italian war loan collection box, shaped like a stylised bomb, being lifted into the air by a large crane. The title of...

• On the Troopship to Italy

  (art) Made by: Preis, Eli 1944

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• On the Troopship to Italy - At the Deck's Railing

  (art) Made by: Preis, Eli 1944

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• The Battle of Calabria

  (art) Made by: Dixon, John 1942-08-01

  image: A battle scene at sea showing a cruiser [HMS Gloucester?] with large clouds of brown smoke billowing from the bridge. She is circled by five other ships flying the British flag. To the right are three large explosions in the water. The Italian...

• The Smoke Screen: Hunt class destroyers laying a smoke screen round a convoy bound for Italy

  (art) Made by: Stafford-Baker, Julius 1944

  image: an aerial view of a convoy at sea off a coastline, which is visible in the background. There are three large plumes of smoke, the largest of which is in the immediate foreground, where destroyers are laying a smokescreen. One of the destroyers is...

• Second Battle of Sirte, 22nd March 1942

  (art) Made by: Hamilton, John 1972

  image: A reconstruction of a scene during the Second Battle of Sirte in the Mediterranean. A Royal Navy warship, shown port side on, sails towards other shipping visible on the horizon. There is a large plume of black smoke from the ship's funnel and...

• An Air Escort for one of the First Convoys to take part in the Invasion of Sicily

  (art) Made by: Stafford-Baker, Julius 1943-07-07

  image: a view looking back at a manned turret on the fuselage of a bomber in flight above water. Several ships are sailing below and there are mountains in the distance. The artist's reflection can be seen in the lower foreground.

• On the Eve of the Landing in Sicily: The ship's First Class lounge at 1.00 am on the 10th July 1943

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1943

  image: The interior of an opulent-looking high-ceilinged ship's lounge filled with the sleeping forms of soldiers, who are sitting on chairs, sofas and the floor.