The British Raid on the Italian Harbor of Taranto in 1940 had a crucial influence on the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. Similarly, it managed to damage several battleships, yet with a far lower strike force. Additionally, the attack was launched during the night. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut. » HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MILITARY HISTORY VISUALIZED « (A) You can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv (B) You can also buy "Spoils of War" (merchandise) in the online shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS « facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ twitter: https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized tumblr: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » SOURCES « Caravaggio, Angelo N.: The Attack at Taranto – Tactical Success, Operational Failure; in: Naval War College Review, Summer 2006, Volume 59, Number 3 https://www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/92c2c6b2-c918-40c1-b56a-f718ff8b30c9/Attack-at-Taranto,-The--Tactical-Success,-Operatio.aspx Potter, E.B.; Nimitz, Ch. W.: Sea Power – Naval History German Extended Translation (used for this video) Potter, E.B.; Nimitz, Ch. W.; Rohwer, Jürgen: Seemacht – Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Mediterranean/OOB_WWII_Taranto.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto Germany and the Second World War. Volume III. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltrkrieg. Band 3. Mittelmeer, Südosteuropa & Nordafrika 1939-1941 Cambridge History of the Second World War. Volume I. » TOOL CHAIN « PowerPoint 2016, Word, Excel, Tile Mill, QGIS, Processing 3, A