摘要：In this article is described the attack on the Italian naval base Taranto, carried out exclusively by the forces of English carrier-based aircraft 11 of November 1940 of year, – the first in the history of war shooting at sea the case of applying the aircraft carriers for inflicting of impacts on the sea bases and the based in them warships. This operation laid way to numerous alliterations in the course World War II. Strategic situation in Mediterranean theater of military actions changed radically after this impact.
关键词：World War II;naval actions in the Mediterranean;aircraft carrier “Illastries”; battleships “Littorio”;“Duilio” and “Comte di Cavour”;Andrew Browne Cunningham
