Editing Operation Corkscrew (section)

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{{Short description|Military operation}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = Operation Corkscrew
| partof      = the [[Battle of the Mediterranean]] and the [[Allied invasion of Sicily]]
| image       = Men of 1st Battalion advance past a burning fuel store on Pantelleria.jpg
| image_upright = 1.0 
| caption     = Men of the 1st Battalion, [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]], part of the [[3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|3rd Infantry Brigade]] of the [[1st (United Kingdom) Division|1st Division]], advancing inland during Operation Corkscrew.
| date        = 11 June 1943
| place       = [[Pantelleria]] island
|coordinates  = {{coord|36|47|15|N|11|59|33|E|region:IT-TP_type:isle|display=inline,title}}
| result      = Allied victory
| territory   = Allied occupation of the islands
| combatant1  = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| combatant2  = {{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}
| commander1  = [[Walter Clutterbuck]]
| commander2  = [[Gino Pavesi]]
| strength1   = 14,000
| strength2   = 12,000
| casualties1 = 15 aircraft shot down<ref>Evans, Bryn (2014) ''The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force 1942–1945'' en Pen & Sword, p. 96. {{ISBN|9781783462605}}</ref>
| casualties2 = 40 killed<br />150 wounded<ref name=bomb>Marco Gioannini, Giulio Massobrio (2007). ''Bombardate l'Italia. Storia della guerra di distruzione aerea 1940–1945.'' Rizzoli, p. 300. {{ISBN|9788817015851}} {{in lang|it}}</ref><br />11,000 prisoners
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Mediterranean Campaign}} {{Campaignbox Invasion of Sicily}}
{{Campaignbox Italy}}
}}

'''Operation Corkscrew''' was the code name for the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] invasion of the [[Italy|Italian]] island of [[Pantelleria]] (between [[Sicily]] and [[Tunisia]]) on 11 June 1943, prior to the [[Allied invasion of Sicily]], during the [[Second World War]].<ref>Christopher Chant (1986) The Encyclopedia of Codenames of World War II, p. 34</ref> 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.<ref name=Churchill1949>{{cite book |first=Winston |last=Churchill |author-link = Winston Churchill |year = 1949 |title = Their Finest Hour |url =https://archive.org/details/secondworldwarvo00chur_146|url-access = limited |chapter = Desert Victory |page = [https://archive.org/details/secondworldwarvo00chur_146/page/n292 552] |publisher  = [[Houghton Mifflin Company]] |isbn = 0-395-41056-8}}</ref><ref name=Churchill1950>{{cite book |first=Winston |last=Churchill |author-link = Winston Churchill |year = 1950 |title = The Second World War: The Grand Alliance |url =https://archive.org/details/secondworldwarvo00chur|url-access = limited |chapter = The Mediterranean War |page = [https://archive.org/details/secondworldwarvo00chur/page/n39 52] |publisher  = [[Houghton Mifflin Company]] |isbn = 0-395-41057-6
}}</ref>