Battle of Taranto/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Battle of Taranto.

A devastating 1940 airstrike by British carrier aircraft against Italian warships in the harbor of Taranto; demonstrated that aerial torpedoes could work in shallow water and proved the concept used by the Japanese in the Battle of Pearl Harbor