Marcantonio Bragadin (6 October 1906,

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– 11 June 1986, Rome) was an Italian admiral of the

Royal Italian Navy The ''Regia Marina'' (; ) was the navy of the Kingdom of Italy (''Regno d'Italia'') from 1861 to 1946. In 1946, with the birth of the Italian Republic (''Repubblica Italiana''), the ''Regia Marina'' changed its name to '' Marina Militare'' (" ...

and the

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. He was also an essayist and the screenwriter of a number of war films. He was a direct descendant of the 16th-century Venetian commander

Marco Antonio Bragadin Marco Antonio Bragadin, also Marcantonio Bragadin (21 April 1523 – 17 August 1571), was a Venetian lawyer and military officer of the Republic of Venice. Bragadin joined the ''Fanti da Mar'' Corps or marines of the Republic of Venice. In 1569, ...

Life

During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Bragadin served as

staff officer A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military un ...

Supermarina Supermarina was the headquarters of the Italian Royal Navy (''Regia Marina'') established on 1 June 1940, just before Italy entered the Second World War. The Army and Air Force equivalents were '' Superesercito'' and '' Superaereo'', which were su ...

, the command of the

. After the war he became a naval historian; besides dealing with specialist topics, in 1949 he wrote the educational work ''Che ha fatto la Marina? 1940–45'' (''What did the Navy do? 1940–45'') to make the navy's actions during

better known – they were then little known due to censorship. He had planned it in 1942 whilst serving in the Supermarina. He was also the advisor, screenwriter, production manager, consultant and assistant director on four 1950s Italian war films – three directed by

Duilio Coletti Duilio Coletti (28 December 1906 – 22 May 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977. Career Born in Penne, Abruzzo, he took a degree in medicine and surgery and practiced the profession ...

(''

I sette dell'Orsa maggiore ''Hell Raiders of the Deep'' (Original Italian title: ''I sette dell'Orsa maggiore'' 'The Seven Men of Great Bear') is 1953 Italian film based on the events of the Raid on Alexandria in 1941 by frogmen of the Decima Flottiglia MAS human torpedoes ...

'', '' Divisione Folgore'' and ''

La grande speranza ''La Grande Speranza'' (''The Big Hope''), retitled ''Submarine Attack'' and ''Torpedo Zone'' in English, is a 1954 Italian anti-war film starring Lois Maxwell, Renato Baldini and Earl Cameron. It won the Special Prize of the Senate of Berlin, and ...

'') and one by

Antonio Leonviola Antonio Leonviola, sometimes Leon Viola (1913–1995), was an Italian screenwriter and film director and co-founder of the "Libera Università del Cinema di Roma". Life and career Leonviola was born in 1913 in Montagnana as Antonio Leone Viol ...

('' Siluri umani'', 1954)

Works

* ''La marina italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale (1940–43)'', 1950, Lega Navale S.d. * ''La marina italiana 1940–1945 - Segreti bellici e scelte operative'', Bologna, Odoya, 2011, pagg. 435 * ''Storia delle repubbliche marinare'', Odoya, Bologna, pagg. 320, ** ''Che ha fatto la Marina? 1940–45'', Milano, Garzanti, 1949, prima edizione, pp. 611, con illustrazioni, foto in b/n, cartine e schede * ''Il dramma della marina italiana 1940–1945.'' Milano:

Oscar Mondadori Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 19 ...

, 1982 * ''SIM, SIS e SIA – Operazione Rigoletto – Da Roma a Mosca.'' - “Storia Illustrata”, numero speciale – Lo spionaggio nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale – vol. XXIII, n. 144, Novembre 1969, pp. 28–38;

References

External links

*http://www.raistoria.rai.it/articoli/la-battaglia-dellatlantico-la-marina-da-guerra-italiana-seconda-guerra-mondiale/3785/default.aspx
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