campaign, interwar and Second World War
Operation Devon
Operation Devon was a campaign fought in 1943 at Termoli, in what is now Italy. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Allied victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1943 (year precision) to 1943 | |
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| Place | Termoli, Italy 42.000N, 14.980E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| 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 |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Geronium 217 BC, 33 km SW
- Battle of Civitate 1053, 38 km SE
- Battle of Rignano 1137, 61 km SE
- Battle of Ortona 1943, 62 km NW
- Battle of Bovianum 305 BC, 72 km SW
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Kos 3 October 1943
- After: Battle of the Caucasus 1943
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1943
Operation Devon is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,038 in present-day Italy.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q642460, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Devon, revision 1370632018, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.