What the records say
- When
- 9 Sep 1943
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 40.47° N, 17.24° E
- Description
- 1943 military operation
Operation Slapstick
WW2 British military operation during the Allied invasion of Italy, 1943
Operation Slapstick was the code name for a British landing from the sea at the Italian port of Taranto during the Second World War. The operation, one of three landings during the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943, was undertaken by airborne troops of the British 1st Airborne Division, commanded by Major-General George Hopkinson.
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