Italian Royal Navy Award 1918-2018 (First World War) http://www.assoradiomarinai.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=156 A bit of history During the First World War several naval operations were carried out in the Adriatic Sea, which began with the declaration of war between France and the Austro-Hungarian Empire on 11 August 1914. With the immediate blockade of the Canal d’Otranto by the French navy, in which even the Royal Navy units participated, the Austro-Hungarian naval forces were forced to operate only within the waters of the Adriatic, without being able to carry out long-range actions within the Mediterranean Sea for reaching and potecting their ports, shipyards and naval divisions with enemy numerical superiority. Initially the weight of the allied operations fell on the French navy; Italy at the outbreak of the conflict had declared its neutrality, while the United Kingdom was engaged against the Kaiserliche Marine in the North Sea and in the escort to mercantile traffic in the Mediterranean. At the same time the kuk Kriegsmarine carried out mainly disturbing actions by submarines and light ships, using U-Boot supplied by the German ally since August 1914, which operated with base in the port of Pula under the Austro-Hungarian flag. The situation changed on May 23, 1915, the day on which Italy (in compliance with the commitments made with the London agreement) declared war on Austria-Hungary. The Royal Navy soon took on the burden of undertaking and managing the war on the Adriatic front throughout the course of the conflict. The confrontation immediately left ample space for submarines’ ambushes, for the air companies and later for the bold incursions of the assault vehicles such as the MAS. The two opposing supreme commanders, Admiral Paul Thaon of Revel and Admiral Anton Haus (later replaced by Maximilian Njegovan and then by Miklós Horthy) did not want to risk the large battleships in narrow water, instead focusing on rapid attacks on the block of the main airports and the strategy of the “fleet in power”; a setting to which the Austro- Hungarians in particular abide. The operations did not see a clear dominance of one of the contenders and ended with the entry into force of the Villa Giusti armistice on November 4, 1918, the day in which the Royal Navy completed or put in place a series of amphibious occupations of major cities coastal enemy. Premise The recurrence of the Centenary of the Great War allowed many associations that took part in commemorating the most important historical milestones. Even ARMI did not want to be less and immediately set to work to create the diploma ” The Royal Navy in the Great War “. REGULATION The Diploma is dedicated to the Royal Navy during the Great War (1915-1918). It is represented in three versions ” Bronze 100 – Silver 200 – Gold 300 “; the layout of the three diplomas is the same and the north- eastern part of Italy is represented and mainly that of the Adriatic Sea. Depicting a young Italy and on the right a coffa of a ship with the flag of Regia Marina. The diplomas in the three versions are different and
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Italian Royal Navy Award 1918-2018 (First World War)