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The Battle of Taranto, in which the Royal Navy launched Swordfish torpedo bombers against the Italian navy, was the first all-air attack in history. Furthermore, it foreshadowed the end of big-gun navies and it has been posited on this board that the attack influenced Japanese planning for Pearl Harbor.

WI the Battle of Taranto never happened, or at least ended up being a massive headache with the Brits with numerous Swordfishes shot down and minimal damage to the Italian warships? Could the Italians manage to be more effective in WWII if they still had a viable navy, and what of the Japanese thinking of Pearl Harbor?
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