Operation Corkscrew
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title:
Operation Corkscrew
text:
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. There had been an early Allied plan to occupy the island in late 1940 but it was cancelled when the Luftwaffe arrived in the Mediterranean.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Military operation
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Corkscrew
date created:
2003-06-27T17:43:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T06:07:22Z
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