During
World War II
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, Operation Narcissus was a raid by forty members of the
Special Air Service on a
lighthouse on the southeast coast of
Sicily
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. The team landed on 10 July 1943 with the mission of capturing the lighthouse and the surrounding
high ground
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.
Despite intelligence reports, the area was deserted, and so the position was no threat to the nearby
Operation Husky
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landings. The troopers withdrew without a shot being fired.
Allied invasion of Sicily
Conflicts in 1943
July 1943 events
Special Air Service
World War II British Commando raids
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