Operation Corkscrew

Quand

11 juin 1943

Type

Opération militaire

Coordonnées

36.79° N, 11.99° E

Description

1943 military operation

Military operation

Operation Corkscrew was the code name for the Allied invasion of the Italian island of Pantelleria on 11 June 1943, prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily, during the Second World War. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force of the North African Theater of Operations gave orders for the Allied air forces to conduct an aerial offensive against the island defences, followed, if necess…

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