Operation Corkscrew

Operation Corkscrew
	Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean & the Allied invasion of Sicily
	; Men of the 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade of the British 1st Division, advancing inland during Operation Corkscrew.
Date	11 June 1943
Location	Pantelleria island36°47′15″N 11°59′33″E
Result	Allied victory Allied Occupation of the islands;
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Italy
Commanders and leaders
Walter E. Clutterbuck	Gino Pavesi
Strength
14,000	12,000
Casualties and losses
15 aircraft shot down	40 killed; 150 wounded; 11,000 prisoners

Operation Corkscrew was the codename 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. There had been an early plan to occupy the island in late 1940 (Operation Workshop), but it was aborted when the Luftwaffe strengthened the Axis air strength in the region.

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