Director of the Italian Navy’s Office of History and of Italy’s Maritime Review, Admiral Fioravanzo was commissioned in the Royal Italian Navy in 1912, was Chief of Staff of the Fleet (1938-39), Commander of Battleship and Cruiser Divisions (1942-43), and Italian naval commander at Taranto in 1943. He has written over four hundred articles and books on naval affairs.

Articles by Giuseppe Fioravanzo

Italian Strategy In The Mediterranean, 1940-43

By Vice Admiral Giuseppe Fioravanzo, Italian Navy
September 1958
Italy entered the war on June 10, 1940, at the will of Mussolini. This political dictator and military chief was under the illusion that the imminent defeat of France would ...

The Japanese Military Mission To Italy In 1941

By Vice Admiral Giuseppe Fioravanzo, Italian Navy
January 1956
In the spring of 1941 a Japanese Military Mission visited Germany and Italy for the purpose of learning about the military efficiency of these two countries and of obtaining information ...