Battle of Cape Matapan
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battle-of-cape-matapan-188-7765194
title:
Battle of Cape Matapan
text:
The Battle of Cape Matapan was a naval battle during the Second World War between the Allies, represented by the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy, from 27 to 29 March 1941. Cape Matapan is on the south-western coast of the Peloponnesian peninsula of Greece. After the interception and decryption of Italian signals by the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park, ships of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy, under the command of Royal N
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encyclopedia
description:
1941 Allied naval victory over Italy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
date created:
2003-03-30T08:57:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:59:54Z
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