Operation Retribution

For the German bombing of Belgrade in April 1941, see Operation Retribution (1941).

Operation Retribution
Part of the Tunisian campaign of the Second World War

The Strait of Sicily and surrounding waters
Date8–13 May 1943
Location
Sicilian Channel and Cape Bon, Tunisia
37°20′N 11°20′E / 37.333°N 11.333°E / 37.333; 11.333
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom
United States		  Germany
 Italy
Commanders and leaders
Andrew Cunningham

Operation Retribution was the Second World War air and naval blockade designed to prevent the seaborne evacuation of Axis forces from Tunisia to Sicily. Axis forces were isolated in northern Tunisia and faced Operation Vulcan, the final Allied assault. The equivalent blockade of air evacuation was Operation Flax.

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