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Encyclopedia > Operation Narcissus

During World War II, Operation Narcissus was a raid by forty members of the Special Air Service on a lighthouse on the southeast coast of Sicily. The team landed on 10 July 1943 with the mission of capturing the lighthouse and the surrounding high ground.


Despite intelligence reports, the area was deserted, and so the position was no threat to the nearby Husky landings. The troopers withdrew without a shot being fired.


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Allied invasion of Sicily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1366 words)
Four airborne operations were carried out, landing during the night of the July 9-10 July, as part of the invasion; two were British and two American.
Operation Corkscrew: Allied invasion of the Italian island Pantelleria on 10 June 1943.
Operation Narcissus: Commando raid on a lighthouse near the main landings on 10 July 1943.
Operation Husky - definition of Operation Husky in Encyclopedia (1160 words)
Operation Husky was the Allied invasion of the island of Sicily on 10 July, 1943 which started the Italian Campaign.
Four airborne operations were carried out, landing during the night of the 9/10 July, as part of the invasion; two were British and two American.
Husky was the largest amphibious operation of World War II in terms of men landed on the beaches, and of frontage; it overshadowed even the later Normandy landings.
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