3 British Battleships Ambush Italian Fleet - Battle of Cape Matapan

Buy a Poster! https://www.historigraph.media/store Get Early Access to Videos: https://www.patreon.com/historigraph On the night of March 28th 1941, a force of Italian cruisers was ambushed at point blank range by a group of British battleships. In just four devastating minutes, the Italian squadron was almost totally destroyed, as a day of cat and mouse fleet manuvering came to an explosive end. 0:00 - Thank You to My Patrons 0:33 - Introduction 0:57 - Opening Salvoes 4:00 - The Chase is on! 6:32 - Pola's Fatal Air Attack 9:51 - 4 Minutes of Devastation Sources: The Battle of Matapan, SWC Pack Engage the Enemy More Closely, Corelli Barnett, Dark Waters, JE Harrold Credits: Artwork by: Chrisbyflanker: https://bsky.app/profile/chrisbyflanker.bsky.social Animation by Josh Bassett and CKD Productions Written, Directed and Produced by Josh Bassett ► Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/historigraph ► Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIjLJ6XfEj5rtU2dtZkV9Q ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/historigraph ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historigraph/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historigraph ►Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historigraph Music Credits: "Rynos Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other music and SFX from Epidemic Sound