Sea Your History - Mediterranean Campaigns

Conflict and Change

Introduction
In Focus: 1900
In Focus: World War One
In Focus: Interwar
In Focus: World War Two
In Focus: Post War Conflict
In Focus: Cold War Climate
In Focus: Falklands and Beyond
Special Exhibition: Falklands 25

Learning

How To: Understand Propaganda
Propaganda Image Galleries
Education Project: Sea With Your Own Eyes

Mediterranean Campaigns

The operations of the Mediterranean Fleet

The defeat of France in 1940 and the entrance of Italy into the war created problems in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet soon asserted its superiority over the Italians at sea and used the Island of Malta as a strategic base. From its airfields and harbour, Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm aircraft could attack enemy shipping carrying vital supplies to the Axis forces in North Africa.