Operation Devon

Operation Devon
Part of the Italian campaign of World War II
Date 3–6 October 1943 Location Termoli, Italy 42.00°N 14.98°E / 42.00; 14.98 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Harold Alexander John Durnford-Slater Vyvyan Evelegh	Albert Kesselring Rudolf Sieckenius
Strength
650: assault force (commandos) 5000–8,000: relief force	383–600: initial defenders (Kampfgruppe Rau) 1,750–2,500: counterattack (two and a half battalions, 16. Panzer Division and elements of paratroop Kampfgruppe Schulz)
Casualties and losses
Assault force: 32 killed, 85 wounded and 23 missing Relief force: unknown	Unknown
Location within Italy

Operation Devon was the code name of an amphibious landing by British Commandos in 1943 at Termoli, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, during the Italian Campaign of World War II.