Operation Sicilian Vespers
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Operation Sicilian Vespers could refer to one of the following:
- Operation Sicilian Vespers (1992-1998), the largest Italian Army homeland security operation since the end of the Second World War
- Operation Sicilian Vespers (2012), code name for the crisis, blockades and protests, lasting 5 days, that paralyzed Sicily in January 2012
The name of the above operations refers to the Sicilian Vespers, the thirteenth century successful rebellion against the rule of the Angevins