Operation ADDICT

Operation ADDICT

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History

Series of Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) operations on Istrian peninsula and surrounding region.

ADDICT I

Landing of 10 and 1 and a half tons of supplies by MGBs 180 and 181 at Vignole bay, Istria on 21 February 1945.

ADDICT II

Embark 8 by MGB 179 on 6 March from Istria.

ADDICT III

Embark 8 by MGB 179 on 8 March from Istria.

ADDICT IV

Failed attempt beacuse of severe weather to land look-out post by MGB 179 on 8 March in Istria.

ADDICT V

Landing of supplies by MGB 179 on 10 March in Istria.

ADDICT VI

Landing of w/t by MGB 179 on 12 March in Istria.

ADDICT VII

Landing of w/t by MGB 179 on 15 March in Istria, MGB struck a mine on return voyage, no casualties.

ADDICT VIII

Pick up of 2 agents from Cres by ML 576 and ML 238 on 21 March.

ADDICT IX

Landing of 2 by MGB 180 on Olib island on 27 March 1945.

ADDICT X

Landing of supplies and embark 7 by MGB 180 south of Trieste on 30 March 1945.

ADDICT XI

Embark 10 by MGB 180 east of Pula on 30 March 1945.

ADDICT XII

Failed attempt beacuse of enemy opposition to land raiding party by MGB 180 at Bucina cove, east of Pula on 2 April 1945.

ADDICT XIII

Landing of 3 by MGB 180 east of Pula on 3 April 1945.

ADDICT XIV

Landing of 15 by MGB 180 on Istrian coast on 5 April 1945.

ADDICT XV

Landing and re-embarking of raiding party plus 7 prisoners by ML 576 on Istrian coast on 6 April 1945.

ADDICT XVI

Landing and re-embarking of raiding party by ML 576 on Istrian coast on 6 April 1945.

ADDICT XVII

Failed attempt beacuse of enemy opposition to land 27 and supplies by MGB 180 on Istrian coast on 9 April 1945.

ADDICT XVIII

MGB 191 evacuate 8 from Istrian coast on 16 April.

ADDICT IXX

MGB 180 and MGB 191 evacuate 8 from Istrian coast on 25 April, coastal guns open fire but cause only minor damage no casualties.

Aftermath

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References

Brooks Richards - Secret Flotillas volume II: Clandestine Sea Lines in the Western Mediterranean and North Africa and the Adriatic, 1940-1944