Operation Devon

Operation Devon
	Part of the Italian Campaign of World War II
Date	3–6 October 1943
Location	Termoli, Italy42°00′N 14°59′E / 42.00°N 14.98°E
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Germany; Italian Social Republic
Commanders and leaders
Harold Alexander; John Durnford-Slater	Albert Kesselring; Richard Heidrich
Strength
650: assault force (commandos); 2,500–5,000: relief force;	383–600: initial defenders (Kampfgruppe Rau); 1,750–2,500: counterattack (two battalions, 16. Panzer Division and a paratroop kampfgruppe);
Casualties and losses
Assault force: 32 killed, 85 wounded and 23 missing; Relief force: unknown;	Unknown
	class=notpageimage\| 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.

^ Saunders H. St.G. (1949) The Green Beret: The Story of the Commandos 1940–1945, Michael Joseph, London: 362 pp.