Word: britannicum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...veteran of Gallipoli, had just finished winning World War II's epic naval Battle of the Mediterranean. Since 1939, first as commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, finally as commander of the Allied Mediterranean fleet, he had hunted for the Italians, sought to turn mare nostrum into mare Britannicum. His quest had ended in September 1943, at Malta, where the Italian Fleet surrendered. Now, as the Battle of the Atlantic flared with new violence, Sir Andrew set another sight...
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