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Operation Herkules
During World War II, Operation Herkules was the German plan for an airborne invasion of Malta with General Kurt Student in command of 2 airborne divisions, one being the Italian 2nd Parachute Division. The concept was approved at a meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini on 29 April - 30 April, 1942.
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