Friedrich

You could say that about anyone! The one thing the Italians lacked was a carrier. It was the engagement at Cape Teulada, where Iachino ordered a withdrawal because of the presence of Ark Royal, which convinced the Italians that they needed a carrier: hence the Aquila and Sparviero. Co-operation between axis air forces and naval forces was notoriously poor and it speaks volumes that in an enclosed sea like the Med' the Italian Navy wanted it's own organic air capability because it could not rely of Regia Aeronautica to provide air support.

Jumbo

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"Capital! We're nearly out of ammunition! Now we can get at them with the bayonet!" General Paddy Gough, 1st Sikh War