ABSTRACT
Subsequent operations and planning were decentralized to reduce the possibility of compro mise. These measures paid off almost immediately. The next three attacks were successful, sinking a cruiser and 42,000 tons of shipping. Although the 10th Light Flotilla was never able to penetrate Malta’s harbors, the British Royal Navy never felt that any of its harbors were safe from the com mando attacks. In fact, British and Germans both paid the Italians the compliment of copying the 10th Light Flotilla’s tactics and equipment for their own naval special forces. Many modern navies also have similar units patterned after this pioneering Italian formation.
