>We are also told that the Italian Navy is to come out and gain sea superiority in these waters. If they seriously intend it, I shall only say that we shall be delighted to offer Signor Mussolini a free and safeguarded passage through the Strait of Gibraltar in order that he may play the part to which he aspires.
what did he mean by this?
Winston was just dick swinging because everyone and their dog knew italy had shit tier everything, especially a shit navy.
>>3142547
>this mussolini nigga serious? he wanna step up to this shit? nigga I will beat the shit out of him if he steps up to my hood, even let him in all friendly like, then POW, fuck his shit up. serve him right for talking shit, fake ass spaghetti nigga.
That any better?
Moussolini had been talking about how strong the italian navy was, and how they'd push the Royal Navies shit in.
Churchill was telling Moussolini that he can build whatever kind of gay italian fleet he likes but, as long as Gibraltar is in British hands, the italian fleet isn't ever leaving the Mediterranean.
Mussolini didn't even get a chance to try it out, as the Fleet Air Arm smashed the Italian fleet at Taranto a few months later, using fucking bi-planes.
Chat shit get banged, basically.
Interestingly, the Japs took inspiration from the Battle of Taranto for the attack on Pearl Harbour.
We still celebrate Taranto in the FAA, annually. Taranto night. It involves getting really drunk, celebrating the victory at taranto, and making fun of the crabs, the italians and anyone else who isn't Fleet air arm or royal navy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0SBgm35uQ0&t=118
>>3142547
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>>3142572
Thanks for the inner city translation.
>>3142691
>cheering the bombing of Pearl Harbor
The fuck is up with that, bongs?
>>3145799
They took some ideas from the battle and used them, hardly surprising. How did America learn tactics? Invent them from scratch?
>>3145901
I'm not saying the Japs didn't take ideas from that battle, but why would you cheer for a massacre of your allies by your enemies?
>>3145962
>Japs took inspiration from the Battle of Taranto for the attack on Pearl Harbour.
>We still celebrate Taranto in the FAA
Fix your reading comprehension m8
>>3145799
>what