Talk:First Battle of Sirte

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[edit] Italian victory ?

I'm not sure it can be called an italian victory, the ships of Force K sunk because of naval mines, the day after the battle.--Moroboshi 18:28, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I am reading those "mediterranian" articles and my eyes are opening wider and wider... ITALIAN VICTORIES?! One side has air support, battleships, heavy cruisers, destroyers, operates close to naval/air bases - the other only has light cruisers and destroyers. Despite this, convoy goes through and much weaker side achieves its tactical targets. Who is really victorious here? Counting dead sailors, or ships sank after reaching the destination by aviation or on mines can't change the result, sorry. Once again: if a light cruiser stops a battleship from achieving its operational target, even if the cruiser is sank afterwards, the battleship has lost. Capito? Doesn't matter that "782 sailors died on the cruiser". They died, but won.

Second battle of Sirte, for instance, is used as a handbook example of using light escort agains prevailing forces from the British side, and fatal unability to execute the advantage from the Italian side. Calling the British actions "defeat" is writing a new history. Someone has really to look closer at this, and look for other sources than Regia Marina as well. EAJoe 19:15, 19 November 2006 (UTC)