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3 Commando Brigade
By Ewen Southby-Tailyour
With 3 Para to the Falklands
By Graham Colbeck
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<blockquote data-quote="geronimo" data-source="post: 43467" data-attributes="member: 392"><p>Operation Baobab</p><p>2 SAS</p><p>30th January 1944</p><p>In support of the Anzio landings designed to sever railway lines which transported German supplies down through Italy. Also involved in destroying bridge between Pesaro and Fano on Italy?s east coast. Achieved successfully with explosives.</p><p></p><p>Operation Begonia</p><p></p><p>September 1943</p><p>2nd October (drops)</p><p>4th-6th October (seaborne landings)</p><p>60 soldier 2 SAS</p><p>Making contact with allied prisoners who found themselves freed after the surrender of Italy in 1943 and guiding them to beeches on the Adriatic coast. They party was landed on the coast between Ancona and Pescara or parachuted farther inland. Contact was made with hundreds of prisoners but only a handful was evacuated. This is due mainly to bad planning (boats arriving to find no POWS on the beaches. No more than 50 POWS were evacuated.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Operation Candyluft</p><p>27th October 1943</p><p>2 SAS</p><p>Commanded major Roy Farran</p><p>Run in conjunction with operation Saxifrage. Designed to cut the railway line that ran down the east coast of Italy between Ancona and Pescara. They landed on the coast by night and spent the next 6 days behind the lines operating in terrible weather. The railway was severed and roads were mined before the unit was extracted by MTB. Two troopers were captured.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Operation Devon</p><p>October 1943</p><p>SRS</p><p>Successful raid on Italian Town of Termoli</p><p></p><p></p><p>Operation Driftwood (part of operation Maple)</p><p>Early 1944</p><p>8 soldiers 2 SAS</p><p>Two four man teams inserted and detailed to attack Urbrino ?Fabriano and Acona-Rimini Lines. The exact fate of the raiders remains unclear.</p><p></p><p>Operation Jonquil</p><p></p><p>October 1943</p><p>B squadron 2SAS</p><p></p><p>A complete disaster which was intended to round up large numbers of allied prisoners wandering around Italy after the surrender. The plan for four seaborne parties from B squadron 2 SAS to land between Ancona and Pescara on Italy?s Adriatic coast to act as guides for the POWS after assembling a numbers of civilian sailing vessels for the task the plan immediately went wrong. The Germans counterattacked Termoli on the 5th October, forcing the vessels to return to Bari. In addition there were enemy aircraft operating in the area and the Germans impounded local fishing vessels which the SAS had hoped to use. Many POWS made it to the beaches but only a few were evacuated. Lack of communications resulted in boats arriving when there were no POWS and vice versa. The fact that the SAS were not involved in the planning did nothing to assuage the feelings of deep disappointment over the operation</p><p></p><p></p><p>Operation Maple</p><p>7th January 1944</p><p>2 SAS</p><p></p><p>The intention was to cut rail communications north of rome and on the coast. The mission was divided in two ?thistledown? invoved two parties of four men assigned to sever rail lines around Terni and Orvieto: ?driftwood? was two four man parties tasked to cut the Urbino-Fabriano and Ancona-Rimini Lines. All of thistledowns targets were attacked successfully ( RAF had already bombed one) however all men were captured. The fate of driftwood remains a mystery to this day. It is believed that they were either captured and executed or drowned attempting extraction. There was an intention to reinforce Driftwood prior to this but bad weather halted that. Instead they were replaced by operation Boabab party at the end of January.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geronimo, post: 43467, member: 392"] Operation Baobab 2 SAS 30th January 1944 In support of the Anzio landings designed to sever railway lines which transported German supplies down through Italy. Also involved in destroying bridge between Pesaro and Fano on Italy?s east coast. Achieved successfully with explosives. Operation Begonia September 1943 2nd October (drops) 4th-6th October (seaborne landings) 60 soldier 2 SAS Making contact with allied prisoners who found themselves freed after the surrender of Italy in 1943 and guiding them to beeches on the Adriatic coast. They party was landed on the coast between Ancona and Pescara or parachuted farther inland. Contact was made with hundreds of prisoners but only a handful was evacuated. This is due mainly to bad planning (boats arriving to find no POWS on the beaches. No more than 50 POWS were evacuated. Operation Candyluft 27th October 1943 2 SAS Commanded major Roy Farran Run in conjunction with operation Saxifrage. Designed to cut the railway line that ran down the east coast of Italy between Ancona and Pescara. They landed on the coast by night and spent the next 6 days behind the lines operating in terrible weather. The railway was severed and roads were mined before the unit was extracted by MTB. Two troopers were captured. Operation Devon October 1943 SRS Successful raid on Italian Town of Termoli Operation Driftwood (part of operation Maple) Early 1944 8 soldiers 2 SAS Two four man teams inserted and detailed to attack Urbrino ?Fabriano and Acona-Rimini Lines. The exact fate of the raiders remains unclear. Operation Jonquil October 1943 B squadron 2SAS A complete disaster which was intended to round up large numbers of allied prisoners wandering around Italy after the surrender. The plan for four seaborne parties from B squadron 2 SAS to land between Ancona and Pescara on Italy?s Adriatic coast to act as guides for the POWS after assembling a numbers of civilian sailing vessels for the task the plan immediately went wrong. The Germans counterattacked Termoli on the 5th October, forcing the vessels to return to Bari. In addition there were enemy aircraft operating in the area and the Germans impounded local fishing vessels which the SAS had hoped to use. Many POWS made it to the beaches but only a few were evacuated. Lack of communications resulted in boats arriving when there were no POWS and vice versa. The fact that the SAS were not involved in the planning did nothing to assuage the feelings of deep disappointment over the operation Operation Maple 7th January 1944 2 SAS The intention was to cut rail communications north of rome and on the coast. The mission was divided in two ?thistledown? invoved two parties of four men assigned to sever rail lines around Terni and Orvieto: ?driftwood? was two four man parties tasked to cut the Urbino-Fabriano and Ancona-Rimini Lines. All of thistledowns targets were attacked successfully ( RAF had already bombed one) however all men were captured. The fate of driftwood remains a mystery to this day. It is believed that they were either captured and executed or drowned attempting extraction. There was an intention to reinforce Driftwood prior to this but bad weather halted that. Instead they were replaced by operation Boabab party at the end of January. [/QUOTE]
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