<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Taranto">Battle of Taranto</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.