The Black Prince and the Sea Devils: The Story of Valerio Borghese and the Elite Units of the Decima MAS

by Jack Greene and Alessandro Massignani

Book Overview

At the beginning of World War II, Prince Junio Valerio Borghese, dashing Italian nobleman, assembled the famous Decima MAS naval unit-the first modern naval commando squad. Borghese's "frogmen" were trained to fight undercover and underwater with small submarines and assault boats armed with a variety of destructive torpedoes. The covert tactics he and the Decima MAS developed, including the use of midget submarines, secret nighttime operations, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306813114
• ISBN13: 9780306813115
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"