Today in 1941, Italian frogmen sank two british BBs in Alexandria

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besilarius

December 19, 2013, 08:25:38 PM
The Queen Elizabeth and Valiant were in such shallow water, that the brits hid the fact they were unable to move.
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LongBlade

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December 19, 2013, 08:42:00 PM
If I'm not mistaken, that raid was detailed in McRaven's Spec Ops.
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December 20, 2013, 06:27:13 AM
Italian frogmen in WW2 had big brassy ones. Undercovergeek probably used them as an archetype for the New Roman Empire's soldiers in his HOI3 campaign.
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