Operation Nicety was an operation in September 1942 during the

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by Force Z a battalion of the Sudan Defence Force. It was designed to support the raiding forces taking part in

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and

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. The objective of the operation was the seizure of the

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in the

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to support the withdrawal of the forces involved in the other operations. The operation was a failure: the Germans had discovered the plans for all four operations on the body of a dead officer taking part in Operation Agreement. Forewarned, the Italian garrison at Jalo had been warned and reinforced which easily repelled the attack on the night 15–16 September.Molinari, pp.70–72

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*Molinari, Andrea.Desert raiders; Axis and Allied Special Forces 1940–43. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2007.

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