Word: lampedusa
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...Naples and the present battle areas, north of the Salerno-Bariline, and the Mediterranean bases of Lampedusa and Pantelleria remain under Allied rule...
Different Show. Allied commanders, eagerly studying the reports from air-conquered Pantelleria and Lampedusa, saw in them auguries of what could be done to specific targets in Sicily and southern Italy. On Pantelleria, an entire military establishment had been destroyed. Artillery, anti-aircraft positions and coastal batteries had been silenced. The island had not been able to withstand this demolition, coupled with the effective blockade by aircraft and the Royal Navy...
...attack on Pantelleria was a valuable lesson in modern military tactics. The conclusive effect of air bombardment plus sea blockade was proved. Further proof came when other tinier and also isolated islands fell. Bomb-shaken Lampedusa gave up to a startled R.A.F. flight-sergeant, Sidney Cohen, when his torpedo plane made an emergency landing. Linosa Avith 140 troops surrendered when the British destroyer Nubian appeared. Lampione soon joined the parade...
...conquest of larger, blockade-free Sicily, next logical step on the way to Rome, will be no pushover, even though Allied bombers based on Pantelleria and nearby Lampedusa can have an umbrella of fighter escorts. Early this week Flying Fortresses plastered three of Sicily's major airdromes, while British Fleet units moved in closer to the Sicilian mainland...
...first phase of the battle for Axis-held southern Europe has already begun. Since the fall of Tunis, Allied airmen of the Strategic Air Force have smashed steadily at Axis first lines of defense on the Mediterranean islands of Pantelleria, Lampedusa, Sicily and Sardinia. Last week the range and tempo of these attacks increased...