PANTELLARIA: NAVY'S PART IN STORMING AND CAPTURE. 9 TO 11 JUNE 1943, AT SEA. FOLLOWING ONE OF THE HEAVIEST AIR AND SEA ATTACKS OF THE WAR, THE AXIS ISLAND STRONGHOLD OF PANTELLARIA SURRENDERED TO THE ALLIES ON 11 JUNE 1943. PICTURES TAKEN WITH PART OF THE BRITISH NAVAL UNIT WHICH BOMBARDED ITALIAN SHORE BATTERIES AND INSTALLATION. - HMS EGGERSFORD, one of the destroyers on the operation, at speed off Pantellaria

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