... over to the Allies, are a very different proposition. Italia (once called Littorio) had a chequered career during the second World War, being torpedoed no fewer than three times, twice by the Allies and on the last occasion by German aircraft in September ...

... RUSSIA A world sketch-map showing some of the principal British and United States bases, many of them developed in the Second World War. Recent Press reports have indicated that the two countries are completing plans for land, air, and sea co-operation ...