Back Operació Llevataps Catalan Operation Corkscrew Danish Operation Corkscrew German Επιχείρηση Τιρμπουσόν Greek Operación Corkscrew Spanish Opération Corkscrew French Operazione Corkscrew Italian コークスクリュー作戦 Japanese 코르크스크루 작전 Korean Operacja Corkscrew Polish
| Operation Corkscrew | |||||||||
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| Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean and the Allied invasion of Sicily | |||||||||
 Men of the 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division, advancing inland during Operation Corkscrew. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United Kingdom |
 Italy | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Walter Clutterbuck | Gino Pavesi | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 14,000 | 12,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 15 aircraft shot down[1] |
40 killed 150 wounded[2] 11,000 prisoners | ||||||||
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.[3] There had been an early Allied plan to occupy the island in late 1940 (Operation Workshop) but it was cancelled when the Luftwaffe arrived in the Mediterranean.[4][5]
- ^ Evans, Bryn (2014) The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force 1942–1945 en Pen & Sword, p. 96. ISBN 9781783462605
- ^ Marco Gioannini, Giulio Massobrio (2007). Bombardate l'Italia. Storia della guerra di distruzione aerea 1940–1945. Rizzoli, p. 300. ISBN 9788817015851 (in Italian)
- ^ Christopher Chant (1986) The Encyclopedia of Codenames of World War II, p. 34
- ^ Churchill, Winston (1949). "Desert Victory". Their Finest Hour. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 552. ISBN 0-395-41056-8.
- ^ Churchill, Winston (1950). "The Mediterranean War". The Second World War: The Grand Alliance. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 52. ISBN 0-395-41057-6.