Operation Slapstick was the code name for the landing of the british 1. airborne division in the southern Italian port city of Taranto, which occurred 9. September 1943.
Sources:
http://www.combinedops.com/Italy%201.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Slapstick.
Sources:
http://www.combinedops.com/Italy%201.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Slapstick.