Bakar mockery

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Bakar Mockery (Bakar Raid)
Part of the Mediterranean Theatre of World War I
Date 10–11 February 1918 Location Bakar, Austria-Hungary Result Italian propaganda 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.