Operation Corkscrew

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Operation Corkscrew was the code name for the Allied invasion of the Italian island of Pantelleria (between Sicily and Tunisia) on 11 June 1943, prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily, during the Second World War.

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Image: Radford (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.