To better frame those tragic days, we publish the documentary taken from Youtube, which may perhaps help those who read this section of the site better understand the long and sometimes confused sequence of reported facts, starting with the mission of Gen Castellano in Lisbon, until the sinking and the subsequent decision of the Adm. Oliva, to direct the Fleet to Bona.
General Dwight Eisenhower
Commander in Chief of the Allied forces of the Mediterranean theater
Field Marshal Hermann Göring
Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe
Admiral Bruno Brivonesi
Autonomous Maritime Military Commander of theSardinia
Commander Adone Del Cima
Commander of the RN Rome
General Pietro Badoglio
Marshal of Italy and Head of Government
Admiral Raffaele de Courten
Minister of the Navy and Chief of Staff of the Royal Navy
Admiral Carlo Bergamini
Commander of the FF. NN. BB.
Admiral Romeo Oliva
Commander VII Naval Division
Admiral Sir John Cunningham
Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet
General Walter Bedel Smith
Chief of Staff of Gen. Eisenhower
Admiral Luigi Bianchieri
Commander VIII Naval Division
Admiral Luigi Sansonetti
Deputy Chief of Staff she Regia Marina