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| conflict          = Operation Candytuft
| partof            = [[World War II]]
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| date              = 27 October 1943
| place             = [[Ancona]] and [[Pescara]], [[Italy]]
| result            = [[United Kingdom|British]] victory
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{{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
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| casualties1       = Two captured
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During [[World War II]], '''Operation Candytuft''' was a British raid by 2nd [[Special Air Service]] launched on 27 October 1943.

==Description==
Inserted by boat on [[Italy]]’s east coast between [[Ancona]] and [[Pescara]], the troopers were to destroy railway bridges and disrupt rear areas. The raid was conducted by [[No. 3 Commando]] and 6 Demolition Corps under the command of Major [[Terence Otway]]. They were dropped as planned at Naine, a small village 10 miles north of the objectives. A fire fight broke out in the village due to the unexpected presence of the 153 grenadiers who were transferred from the [[Winter Line|Gustav line]] three days earlier. In order to replenish his supplies Major Ottoway retreated south to Malconi where he and his team were surrounded by the Wehrmacht and later surrendered.

==See also==
* [[Operation Saxifrage]], run at the same time as Operation Candytuft

==References==
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{{British Commando raids of the Second World War}}

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[[Category:Conflicts in 1943]]
[[Category:World War II British Commando raids]]
[[Category:Special Air Service operations]]
[[Category:1943 in Italy]]
[[Category:Battles and conflicts without fatalities]]
[[Category:20th century in Abruzzo]]
[[Category:History of Ancona]]


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