Bakar mockery

Bakar Mockery (Bakar Raid)
Part of the Mediterranean Theatre of World War I
Date10–11 February 1918
Location
Result Italian psychological victory
Belligerents
 Italy  Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Costanzo Ciano
Strength
3 motor torpedo boats Coastal defenses of Bakar
Casualties and losses
None One cargo ship slightly damaged

The Bakar mockery (Italian Beffa di Buccari), or Bakar raid, was a raid of the Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the last year of World War I.[1] Whilst it had little material effect on the war at sea, it was a particularly bold venture which had a welcome effect on Italian morale, which was at a low ebb following the defeat at Caporetto a few months prior.

  1. ^ Halpern, p 172.

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