The Australian Navy in the Mediterranean Theater of World War Two

This video covers the actions of the Australian Navy in the Mediterranean Theater of World War Two. This includes naval engagements and events roughly defined as occurring in the bodies of water around North Africa, southern Europe, and the Middle East, mostly between 1940 and 1942, like the Battle of Cape Spada. It also discusses some of the Australian ships in the theater, like the HMAS Sydney, and the roles they performed, like their destroyers that helped to resupply the defenders of Tobruk while it was under siege.

**This video is clipped from a previous, longer video on this channel covering the actions of Australian military forces in the same theater during WW2. It is available here: https://youtu.be/3NphsTr3AL8

00:00 Overview of the Australian Navy in the Mediterranean Theater
00:40 The Battle of Cape Spada
01:21 Actions in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf
01:43 Evacuation of Greece and Crete
02:00 Role of Australian Destroyers in the Theater
02:27 Australian Destroyers' Resupply of Besieged Tobruk
Sources (as listed in previous video on this topic):
“Current Comment.” The Kapunda Herald, November 27, 1941. Trove, National Library of Australia
Dennis, Peter. The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History. 2nd ed.
Long, Gavin. The Six Years War: A Concise History of Australia in the 1939-45 War.
Gill, G. Hermon. Royal Australian Navy, 1939-1942. Series 2 (Navy), Vol. 1.
Maughan, Barton. Tobruk and El Alamein. Series 1 (Army), Vol. 3.
Lyons, Michael. World War II: A Short History. 5th ed.
Wheal, Elizabeth; Pope, Stephen; Taylor, James. A Dictionary of the Second World War.

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