Dan Steele

Photographic Colourist

British 1st Airborne, Operation Slapstick, 9th September 1943

During Operation Slapstick, 9th September 1943; Members of the British 1st Airborne Division are aboard a landing craft hastily headed towards the port of Taranto, Italy to attempt to secure it. Unbeknown to the German 1st Parachute Division defending the port, the Italian Government had already secretly surrendered Taranto to the Allies.

Colour by Dan Steele
Priest L C (Lt) / IWM A 19320

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