"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.