Infantry take up positions besides a knocked out coastal gun, Pantellaria, 11 June 1943
Photograph, World War Two, Sicily, 1943.
Pantellaria, located south west of Sicily, was an important Italian naval base. Its capture was crucial to the Allied invasion of Sicily as it allowed aircraft to be based within range of the larger island.
From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1985-11-36-46
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1985-11-36-46