Operation successful Germany During World War II, Operation Saxifrage was a raid by four small Special Air Service teams who landed on the east coast of Italy on the night of 27 October 1943.

[1] In charge of the operation was Major Roy Farran and Lieutenant Grant Hibbert.

[2] The SAS were inserted via boat, somewhere between Pescara and Ancona, using the Tronto river and by late evening, had made landfall with the 16 commandos being divided into 4 teams.

[3][4] After trekking in the bad conditions, the men hunkered down as daylight approached and continued on after sunset, meeting up at 21:00 (28 October) with the other raiding parties of Candytuft.

[5] Continuous attacks by the SAS went on for the next 4 days before the commandos pulled out and re-joined with a Royal Navy ship.