As the Roma headed out to sea, the German Luftwaffe sent Dornier Do 2017s armed with Fritz Z radio-controlled bombs to destroy the majestic battleship. The squadron of bombers found its target in ...

The war perhaps took the greatest toll on the Roma battleship. When Italy withdrew from the Axis with Mussolini’s downfall, Nazi Germany grew concerned with how the Allies could use the ...

He was the last survivor of the 622 veterans of the Battleship Roma, the flagship of the Royal Italian Navy that sank on September 9, 1943 in the Gulf of Asinara, after being bombed by military ...