Bakar mockery
| Bakar Mockery (Bakar Raid) | |||||||
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| Part of the Mediterranean Theatre of World War I | |||||||
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| 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. 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.