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Image: Staff officers plotting troop positions during the invasion of Sicily on a wall map in the underground operations room at Malta, 9 July 1943. NA4094

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Description: Staff officers plotting troop positions during the invasion of Sicily on a wall map in the underground operations room at Malta, 9 July 1943. Operation Husky: The Sicily Landings 9 - 10 July 1943: Scene in the underground Operations Room at Malta which co-ordinated Operation Husky. Three British staff officers plot positions on large wall charts. The Operations Room was located in one of the caves on Malta as an air raid precaution.
Title: Staff officers plotting troop positions during the invasion of Sicily on a wall map in the underground operations room at Malta, 9 July 1943. NA4094
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//38/media-38586/large.jpg This photograph NA 4094 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Keating G (Major)
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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