Armani and Galeotti bought a holiday home on the island of Pantelleria, off Sicily, and the country villa south of Milan.

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Events proved Goering wrong, and in fact only a single territory was ever brought to surrender by air power alone the Italian island of Pantelleria, halfway between Sicily and Libya, in 1943.

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Pantelleria's caponata contains all five of the island's staples: eggplant, tomatoes, olive oil, almonds and capers.

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