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- Operation_Corkscrew abstract "Operation Corkscrew was the Allied invasion of the Italian island of Pantelleria (between Sicily and Tunisia) on 11 June 1943 during the Second World War. There had been an early plan to occupy the island in late 1940 (Operation Workshop), but this was aborted when the Luftwaffe strengthened the Axis air threat in the region.The Allied focus returned to Pantelleria in early 1943. The radar installations and airfield on the island were seen as a real threat to the planned invasion of Sicily. The Italian garrison on the island was 12,000 strong in well-entrenched pillboxes and 21 gun batteries of a variety of calibres. In addition, there was an opportunity to assess the impact of bombardment upon heavily fortified defences. It was decided to see if the island could be forced into submission by aerial and naval bombardment alone. Failing this, an amphibious invasion was planned for 11 June.Starting in late May, the island was subjected to steadily increasing bombing attacks. In early June, the attacks intensified and 14,203 bombs amounting to 4,119 tons were dropped on 16 Italian batteries. On 8 June, a Royal Navy task force of five cruisers, eight destroyers and three torpedo boats carried out a bombardment of the main port on the island. The engagement was observed by U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and British Admiral Andrew Cunningham from the flagship HMS Aurora. From 8 May to 11 June 5, 285 bombing sorties were flown by fighter-bombers, medium and heavy bombers, dropping a total of 6,202 tons of bombs on the island.Two demands for the garrison to surrender went unanswered and, on 11 June, the amphibious assault went ahead. About an hour before the landing craft reached the beaches, the accompanying ships opened fire. Unknown to the attackers, the commander of the garrison on Pantelleria had sought permission to surrender from Rome the previous evening and received it that morning. When the first of the British Commandos landed, the Italians surrendered. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was to record later in his memoirs that the only British casualty was a man bitten by a mule.An assessment by British analyst Professor Sir Solly Zuckerman reported that the defenses had been reduced to 47% effectiveness. The intense ten day air bombardment had substantially reduced the defenses. Out of 80 guns bombed, 43 were damaged (10 beyond repair). All control communications were destroyed, along with many gun emplacements, ammunition stores and air raid shelters. The ease of the operation led to an optimistic assessment of the effectiveness of bombing, which was not always borne out in practice.The Italian garrisons on other nearby islands (Lampedusa and Linosa) quickly fell. This cleared the way for the invasion of Sicily a month later.".
- Operation_Corkscrew causalties "negligible".
- Operation_Corkscrew combatant "Italy".
- Operation_Corkscrew commander Gino_Pavesi.
- Operation_Corkscrew commander Walter_Clutterbuck.
- Operation_Corkscrew date "1943-06-11".
- Operation_Corkscrew isPartOfMilitaryConflict Allied_invasion_of_Sicily.
- Operation_Corkscrew place Pantelleria.
- Operation_Corkscrew result "*Allied Occupation of the islands".
- Operation_Corkscrew result "Allied victory".
- Operation_Corkscrew strength "12,000".
- Operation_Corkscrew strength "14,000".
- Operation_Corkscrew thumbnail Men_of_1st_Battalion_advance_past_a_burning_fuel_store_on_Pantelleria.jpg?width=300.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageExternalLink pantelleria_1.html.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageExternalLink pantellaria.htm.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageID "254017".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageLength "5485".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageOutDegree "37".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageRevisionID "679448272".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Admiral_(Royal_Navy).
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Allied_invasion_of_Sicily.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Allies_of_World_War_II.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Amphibious_invasion.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Amphibious_warfare.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Andrew_Cunningham,_1st_Viscount_Cunningham_of_Hyndhope.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Artillery_battery.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Axis_powers.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Bombardment.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink British_Commandos.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Category:Allied_invasion_of_Sicily.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Category:World_War_II_operations_and_battles_of_the_Italian_Campaign.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Duke_of_Wellingtons_Regiment.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Dwight_D._Eisenhower.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Garrison.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink General_(United_States).
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Gino_Pavesi.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Gun_battery.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Aurora_(12).
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Lampedusa.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Linosa.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Luftwaffe.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Pantelleria.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Pillbox_(military).
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Rome.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Italian_Army.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Navy.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Sicily.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Solly_Zuckerman.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Solly_Zuckerman,_Baron_Zuckerman.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Sortie.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Tunisia.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Army.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Walter_Clutterbuck.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink Winston_Churchill.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLink File:Men_of_1st_Battalion_advance_past_a_burning_fuel_store_on_Pantelleria.jpg.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "Corkscrew".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "Operation ''Corkscrew''".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "Operation Corkscrew".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pantelleria Campaign".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pantelleria".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pantellerian Campaign".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pantellerian".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "assaults against".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "attack on Pantalleria".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "invasion of Pantelleria".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageWikiLinkText "reduction of Pantelleria".
- Operation_Corkscrew caption "British soldiers advancing inland during Operation Corkscrew.".
- Operation_Corkscrew casualties "All surrendered".
- Operation_Corkscrew casualties "Heavy".
- Operation_Corkscrew casualties "negligible".
- Operation_Corkscrew combatant "Italy".
- Operation_Corkscrew commander Gino_Pavesi.
- Operation_Corkscrew commander Walter_Clutterbuck.
- Operation_Corkscrew conflict "Operation Corkscrew".
- Operation_Corkscrew date "--06-11".
- Operation_Corkscrew hasPhotoCollection Operation_Corkscrew.
- Operation_Corkscrew notes "Preliminary phase of Operation Husky".
- Operation_Corkscrew partof Allied_invasion_of_Sicily.
- Operation_Corkscrew place "Pantelleria island".
- Operation_Corkscrew result "Allied victory *Allied Occupation of the islands".
- Operation_Corkscrew strength "12000".
- Operation_Corkscrew strength "14000".
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Campaignbox_Invasion_of_Sicily.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Coord_missing.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_military_conflict.
- Operation_Corkscrew wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Operation_Corkscrew subject Category:Allied_invasion_of_Sicily.
- Operation_Corkscrew subject Category:World_War_II_operations_and_battles_of_the_Italian_Campaign.
- Operation_Corkscrew hypernym Invasion.
- Operation_Corkscrew type Event.
- Operation_Corkscrew type MilitaryConflict.
- Operation_Corkscrew type SocietalEvent.
- Operation_Corkscrew type Invasion.
- Operation_Corkscrew type Event.
- Operation_Corkscrew type Event.
- Operation_Corkscrew type Thing.
- Operation_Corkscrew type Q1656682.
- Operation_Corkscrew comment "Operation Corkscrew was the Allied invasion of the Italian island of Pantelleria (between Sicily and Tunisia) on 11 June 1943 during the Second World War. There had been an early plan to occupy the island in late 1940 (Operation Workshop), but this was aborted when the Luftwaffe strengthened the Axis air threat in the region.The Allied focus returned to Pantelleria in early 1943. The radar installations and airfield on the island were seen as a real threat to the planned invasion of Sicily.".