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Kos and Leros 1943

- The German Conquest of the Dodecanese
Af: Anthony Rogers Engelsk Paperback

Kos and Leros 1943

- The German Conquest of the Dodecanese
Af: Anthony Rogers Engelsk Paperback
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An illustrated account of the disastrous British-led effort to occupy the Dodecanese in autumn 1943, as Winston Churchill attempted to secure the Aegean islands in the wake of the Italian armistice.

The occupation was a gamble intended to increase pressure against Germany and at the same time possibly provide encouragement for Turkey to join the Allies. Spearheaded by the Special Boat Squadron and the Long Range Desert Group, garrison troops were deployed to the Italian-occupied Dodecanese, but they were too late to prevent the Germans from taking control of the key island of Rhodes and its all-important airfields.

An all-out German offensive followed. Air force and naval units supported a series of assaults by infantry and paratroopers, including specialist forces of the Division Brandenburg. Within three months, only Castelorizzo was still in British hands. Rhodes, Kos and Leros remained under German occupation until May 1945 and the end of the war in Europe.

The Dodecanese would be Adolf Hitler’s last enduring victory – and the last enduring British-led defeat.

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An illustrated account of the disastrous British-led effort to occupy the Dodecanese in autumn 1943, as Winston Churchill attempted to secure the Aegean islands in the wake of the Italian armistice.

The occupation was a gamble intended to increase pressure against Germany and at the same time possibly provide encouragement for Turkey to join the Allies. Spearheaded by the Special Boat Squadron and the Long Range Desert Group, garrison troops were deployed to the Italian-occupied Dodecanese, but they were too late to prevent the Germans from taking control of the key island of Rhodes and its all-important airfields.

An all-out German offensive followed. Air force and naval units supported a series of assaults by infantry and paratroopers, including specialist forces of the Division Brandenburg. Within three months, only Castelorizzo was still in British hands. Rhodes, Kos and Leros remained under German occupation until May 1945 and the end of the war in Europe.

The Dodecanese would be Adolf Hitler’s last enduring victory – and the last enduring British-led defeat.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 96
ISBN-13: 9781472835116
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1472835115
Kategori: Kos
Udg. Dato: 22 aug 2019
Længde: 7mm
Bredde: 185mm
Højde: 249mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 22 aug 2019
Forfatter(e): Anthony Rogers
Forfatter(e) Anthony Rogers

Kategori Kos

ISBN-13 9781472835116

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 96

Udgave

Længde 7mm

Bredde 185mm

Højde 249mm

Udg. Dato 22 aug 2019

Oplagsdato 22 aug 2019

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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