Faster access than browser!
117 relations: Admiral, Aegean Sea, Alexander Löhr, Allied invasion of Sicily, Allies of World War II, Arctic convoys of World War II, Armistice of Cassibile, Army Group E, Astypalaia, Axis occupation of Greece, Axis powers, Balkans, Battle of Crete, Battle of Greece, Benito Mussolini, Brandenburgers, Bristol Beaufighter, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), Casablanca Conference, Colonel, Commandos (United Kingdom), Corregidor, Cyclades, Cyprus, Dardanelles, Dodecanese, Dornier Do 217, Durham Light Infantry, Eastern Mediterranean, Fallschirmjäger, Fortress Crete, Fournoi Korseon, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Gallipoli Campaign, General officer, Generalleutnant, George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Greek destroyer Adrias (L67), Greek destroyer Pindos, Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga, Greek submarine Katsonis (Y-1), Hellenic Navy, Henschel Hs 293, HMS Bramham (L51), Hunt-class destroyer, Icaria, Inigo Campioni, Italian Campaign (World War II), Italian Empire, Italian Islands of the Aegean, ..., Italo-Turkish War, Jews, Junkers Ju 87, Junkers Ju 88, Kalymnos, Kampfgeschwader 100, Karpathos, Kasos, Kastellorizo, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), Kingdom of Italy, Kos, Lakki, Leros, Landing craft, Leros, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Long Range Desert Group, Luftwaffe, Luigi Mascherpa, Major-general (United Kingdom), Malta, Manifesto of Race, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, Middle East, Naval mine, Nazi Germany, North African Campaign, North American B-25 Mitchell, Operation Abstention, Operation Accolade, ORP Krakowiak, Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom), Patmos, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prisoner of war, Quebec Conference, 1943, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Rhodes, Robert Tilney, Royal Air Force, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Navy, Sacred Band (World War II), Samos, South African Air Force, Soviet Union, Special Boat Service, Sporades, Supermarine Spitfire, Symi, The Guns of Navarone (film), The Guns of Navarone (novel), Turkey, Ulrich Kleemann, United Kingdom, United States Army Air Forces, Werner Lange, Winston Churchill, World War I, World War II, 10th Air Corps, 11th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom), 22nd Air Landing Division (Wehrmacht), 234th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 50th Infantry Division Regina, 8th Infantry Division (India). Expand index (67 more) »
Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies, and in many navies is the highest rank.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Admiral · See more »
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea (Αιγαίο Πέλαγος; Ege Denizi) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Aegean Sea · See more »
Alexander Löhr
Alexander Löhr (20 May 1885 – 26 February 1947) was an Austrian Air Force commander during the 1930s and, after the annexation of Austria, he was a Luftwaffe commander.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Alexander Löhr · See more »
Allied invasion of Sicily
The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers (Italy and Nazi Germany).
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Allied invasion of Sicily · See more »
Allies of World War II
The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Allies of World War II · See more »
Arctic convoys of World War II
The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Arctic convoys of World War II · See more »
Armistice of Cassibile
The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice signed on 3 September 1943 by Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano, and made public on 8 September, between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Armistice of Cassibile · See more »
Army Group E
Army Group E (Heeresgruppe E) was a German Army Group active during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Army Group E · See more »
Astypalaia
Astypalaia (Greek: Αστυπάλαια), is a Greek island with 1,334 residents (2011 census).
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Astypalaia · See more »
Axis occupation of Greece
The occupation of Greece by the Axis Powers (Η Κατοχή, I Katochi, meaning "The Occupation") began in April 1941 after Nazi Germany invaded Greece to assist its ally, Fascist Italy, which had been at war with Greece since October 1940.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Axis occupation of Greece · See more »
Axis powers
The Axis powers (Achsenmächte; Potenze dell'Asse; 枢軸国 Sūjikukoku), also known as the Axis and the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Axis powers · See more »
Balkans
The Balkans, or the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographic area in southeastern Europe with various and disputed definitions.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Balkans · See more »
Battle of Crete
The Battle of Crete (Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta, also Unternehmen Merkur, "Operation Mercury," Μάχη της Κρήτης) was fought during the Second World War on the Greek island of Crete.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Battle of Crete · See more »
Battle of Greece
The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, Unternehmen Marita) is the common name for the invasion of Allied Greece by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in April 1941 during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Battle of Greece · See more »
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF).
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Benito Mussolini · See more »
Brandenburgers
The Brandenburgers (Brandenburger) were members of the Brandenburg German special forces unit during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Brandenburgers · See more »
Bristol Beaufighter
The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often referred to simply as the "Beau") is a multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in the United Kingdom.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Bristol Beaufighter · See more »
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), formerly the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army traditionally raised in the English county of Kent and garrisoned at Canterbury.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) · See more »
Casablanca Conference
The Casablanca Conference (codenamed SYMBOL) was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco, from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Casablanca Conference · See more »
Colonel
Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Colonel · See more »
Commandos (United Kingdom)
The Commandos also known as British Commandos were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, for a force that could carry out raids against German-occupied Europe.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Commandos (United Kingdom) · See more »
Corregidor
Corregidor Island, locally called Isla ng Corregidor, is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in southwestern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Corregidor · See more »
Cyclades
The Cyclades (Κυκλάδες) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Cyclades · See more »
Cyprus
Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Cyprus · See more »
Dardanelles
The Dardanelles (Çanakkale Boğazı, translit), also known from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (Ἑλλήσποντος, Hellespontos, literally "Sea of Helle"), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally-significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Europe and Asia, and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Dardanelles · See more »
Dodecanese
The Dodecanese (Δωδεκάνησα, Dodekánisa, literally "twelve islands") are a group of 15 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea, off the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey), of which 26 are inhabited.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Dodecanese · See more »
Dornier Do 217
The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II as a more powerful development of the Dornier Do 17, known as the Fliegender Bleistift (German: "flying pencil").
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Dornier Do 217 · See more »
Durham Light Infantry
The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Durham Light Infantry · See more »
Eastern Mediterranean
The Eastern Mediterranean denotes the countries geographically to the east of the Mediterranean Sea (Levantine Seabasin).
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Eastern Mediterranean · See more »
Fallschirmjäger
Fallschirmjäger is the German word for paratroopers.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Fallschirmjäger · See more »
Fortress Crete
Fortress Crete (Festung Kreta) was the term used during World War II by the German occupation forces to refer to the garrison and fortification of the Greek island of Crete, which they had captured after a fierce battle at the end of May 1941.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Fortress Crete · See more »
Fournoi Korseon
Fournoi Korseon (Φούρνοι Κορσέων or Φούρνοι Ικαρίας - Fournoi Ikarias), more commonly simply Fournoi, is a complex or archipelago of small Greek islands that lie between Ikaria, Samos and Patmos in Ikaria regional unit, North Aegean region.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Fournoi Korseon · See more »
Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller
Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (29 August 1897 – 20 May 1947) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller · See more »
Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Çanakkale (Çanakkale Savaşı), was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Gallipoli Campaign · See more »
General officer
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and General officer · See more »
Generalleutnant
Generalleutnant, short GenLt, (lieutenant general) is the second highest general officer rank in the German Army (Heer) and the German Air Force (Luftwaffe).
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Generalleutnant · See more »
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, (4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a British politician, diplomat and businessman.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe · See more »
Greek destroyer Adrias (L67)
Adrias (ΒΠ Αδρίας) was a Type III destroyer that was originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Border but never commissioned.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Greek destroyer Adrias (L67) · See more »
Greek destroyer Pindos
Pindos (ΒΠ Πίνδος) was a Type III that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Bolebroke but never commissioned.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Greek destroyer Pindos · See more »
Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga
Vasilissa Olga (ΒΠ Βασίλισσα Όλγα) (Queen Olga) was the second and last destroyer of her class built for the Royal Hellenic Navy in Great Britain before the Second World War.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga · See more »
Greek submarine Katsonis (Y-1)
Y-1 Katsonis (Y-1 Κατσώνης) was a Greek submarine active during the Second World War.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Greek submarine Katsonis (Y-1) · See more »
Hellenic Navy
The Hellenic Navy (HN; Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, Polemikó Naftikó, abbreviated ΠΝ) is the naval force of Greece, part of the Hellenic Armed Forces.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Hellenic Navy · See more »
Henschel Hs 293
The Henschel Hs 293 was a World War II German anti-ship guided missile: a radio controlled glide bomb with a rocket engine slung underneath it.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Henschel Hs 293 · See more »
HMS Bramham (L51)
HMS Bramham (L51) was a of the Royal Navy laid down in Alexander Stephen and Sons shipyards Govan, Scotland on 7 April 1941.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and HMS Bramham (L51) · See more »
Hunt-class destroyer
The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyer of the Royal Navy.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Hunt-class destroyer · See more »
Icaria
Icaria, also spelled Ikaria (Ικαρία), is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Icaria · See more »
Inigo Campioni
Inigo Campioni (14 November 1878 – 24 May 1944) was an Italian naval officer during most of the first half of the 20th century.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Inigo Campioni · See more »
Italian Campaign (World War II)
The Italian Campaign of World War II consisted of the Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Italian Campaign (World War II) · See more »
Italian Empire
The Italian Empire (Impero Italiano) comprised the colonies, protectorates, concessions, dependencies and trust territories of the Kingdom of Italy and, after 1946, the Italian Republic.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Italian Empire · See more »
Italian Islands of the Aegean
The Italian Islands of the Aegean (Isole italiane dell'Egeo; Ἰταλικαὶ Νῆσοι Αἰγαίου Πελάγους) were a group of twelve major islands (the Dodecanese) in the southeastern Aegean Sea, which — together with the surrounding islets — were ruled by the Kingdom of Italy from 1912 to 1943 and the Italian Social Republic from 1943 to 1945.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Italian Islands of the Aegean · See more »
Italo-Turkish War
The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (Trablusgarp Savaşı, "Tripolitanian War"; also known in Italy as Guerra di Libia, "Libyan War") was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire from September 29, 1911, to October 18, 1912.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Italo-Turkish War · See more »
Jews
Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Jews · See more »
Junkers Ju 87
The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, "dive bomber") is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Junkers Ju 87 · See more »
Junkers Ju 88
The Junkers Ju 88 was a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Junkers Ju 88 · See more »
Kalymnos
Kalymnos, (Κάλυμνος) is a Greek island and municipality in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Kalymnos · See more »
Kampfgeschwader 100
Kampfgeschwader 100 (KG 100) was a Luftwaffe medium and heavy bomber wing of World War II, and the first military aviation unit to use an unpowered precision-guided munition in combat to sink a warship on 9 September 1943 with the destruction of the, in the first successful use of the Fritz X armor-piercing, gravity PGM ordnance.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Kampfgeschwader 100 · See more »
Karpathos
Karpathos (Κάρπαθος) is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands, in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Karpathos · See more »
Kasos
Kασος (also Kassos, Kασος) is a Greek island municipality in the Dodecanese.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Kasos · See more »
Kastellorizo
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo (Καστελλόριζο Kastellorizo; officially Μεγίστη Megisti or Meyisti) is a Greek island and municipality located in the southeastern Mediterranean.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Kastellorizo · See more »
King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) · See more »
Kingdom of Italy
The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state which existed from 1861—when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy—until 1946—when a constitutional referendum led civil discontent to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Kingdom of Italy · See more »
Kos
Kos or Cos (Κως) is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea, off the Anatolian coast of Turkey.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Kos · See more »
Lakki, Leros
Lakki (Λακκί), population 1990, formerly Portolago (Πόρτο Λάγο), is a community on the Greek island of Leros, in the Dodecanese, at the head of Lakki Bay.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Lakki, Leros · See more »
Landing craft
Landing craft are small and medium seagoing vessels such as boats, and barges, used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Landing craft · See more »
Leros
Leros (Λέρος) is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Leros · See more »
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Lockheed P-38 Lightning · See more »
Long Range Desert Group
The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Long Range Desert Group · See more »
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Luftwaffe · See more »
Luigi Mascherpa
Luigi Mascherpa (April 15, 1893 – May 24, 1944) was an Italian admiral during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Luigi Mascherpa · See more »
Major-general (United Kingdom)
Major general (Maj Gen), is a "two-star" rank in the British Army and Royal Marines.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Major-general (United Kingdom) · See more »
Malta
Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Malta · See more »
Manifesto of Race
The Manifesto of Race (Manifesto della razza), sometimes known as the Charter of Race or Racial Manifesto, was a manifesto published on 14 July 1938 which prepared the enactment, in October 1938, of the Racial Laws in the Kingdom of Italy.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Manifesto of Race · See more »
Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
The Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre was a major theatre of operations during the Second World War.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II · See more »
Middle East
The Middle Easttranslit-std; translit; Orta Şərq; Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوین, Rojhelatî Nawîn; Moyen-Orient; translit; translit; translit; Rojhilata Navîn; translit; Bariga Dhexe; Orta Doğu; translit is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa).
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Middle East · See more »
Naval mine
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Naval mine · See more »
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Nazi Germany · See more »
North African Campaign
The North African Campaign of the Second World War took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and North African Campaign · See more »
North American B-25 Mitchell
The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American twin-engine, medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation (NAA).
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and North American B-25 Mitchell · See more »
Operation Abstention
Operation Abstention was a code name given to the British invasion of the Italian island of Kastelorizo, off Turkey, during the Second World War, in late February 1941.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Operation Abstention · See more »
Operation Accolade
During World War II, Operation Accolade was a planned British amphibious assault on Rhodes and the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Operation Accolade · See more »
ORP Krakowiak
Two ships of the Polish Navy have borne the name ORP Krakowiak.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and ORP Krakowiak · See more »
Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is an elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) · See more »
Patmos
Patmos (Πάτμος) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, most famous for being the location of both the vision of and the writing of the Christian Bible's Book of Revelation.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Patmos · See more »
Polish Armed Forces in the West
The Polish Armed Forces in the West refers to the Polish military formations formed to fight alongside the Western Allies against Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Polish Armed Forces in the West · See more »
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of the United Kingdom government.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · See more »
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Prisoner of war · See more »
Quebec Conference, 1943
The First Quebec Conference (codenamed "QUADRANT") was a highly secret military conference held during World War II between the British, Canadian and United States governments.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Quebec Conference, 1943 · See more »
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army based in the county of Kent in existence from 1881 to 1961.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment · See more »
Rhodes
Rhodes (Ρόδος, Ródos) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece in terms of land area and also the island group's historical capital.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Rhodes · See more »
Robert Tilney
Brigadier Robert Adolphus George Tilney, (2 November 1903 - May 1981) was a British Army officer who served during the Second World War.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Robert Tilney · See more »
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Royal Air Force · See more »
Royal Irish Fusiliers
The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of the 87th (Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot in 1881.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Royal Irish Fusiliers · See more »
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Royal Navy · See more »
Sacred Band (World War II)
The Sacred Band or Sacred Squadron (Ιερός Λόχος) was a Greek special forces unit formed in 1942 in the Middle East, composed entirely of Greek officers and officer cadets under the command of Col.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Sacred Band (World War II) · See more »
Samos
Samos (Σάμος) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of Asia Minor, from which it is separated by the -wide Mycale Strait.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Samos · See more »
South African Air Force
The South African Air Force (SAAF) is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and South African Air Force · See more »
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Soviet Union · See more »
Special Boat Service
The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Special Boat Service · See more »
Sporades
The (Northern) Sporades (Βόρειες Σποράδες) are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea,"Skyros - Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpage: notes "including Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros, and Alonnisos." in the Aegean Sea.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Sporades · See more »
Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during and after World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Supermarine Spitfire · See more »
Symi
Symi, also transliterated as Syme or Simi (Σύμη), is a Greek island and municipality.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Symi · See more »
The Guns of Navarone (film)
The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 British-American epic adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and The Guns of Navarone (film) · See more »
The Guns of Navarone (novel)
The Guns of Navarone is a 1957 novel about the Second World War by Scottish writer Alistair MacLean that was made into the film The Guns of Navarone in 1961.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and The Guns of Navarone (novel) · See more »
Turkey
Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Turkey · See more »
Ulrich Kleemann
Ulrich Kleemann (23 March 1892 – 1 January 1963) was a German general during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Ulrich Kleemann · See more »
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and United Kingdom · See more »
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and United States Army Air Forces · See more »
Werner Lange
Werner Lange (18 July 1893 – 19 November 1965) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Werner Lange · See more »
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and Winston Churchill · See more »
World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and World War I · See more »
World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and World War II · See more »
10th Air Corps
X.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and 10th Air Corps · See more »
11th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
The 11th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army in World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and 11th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom) · See more »
22nd Air Landing Division (Wehrmacht)
The 22nd Infantry Division was a specialized German infantry division in World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and 22nd Air Landing Division (Wehrmacht) · See more »
234th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 234th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army, raised during World War I and later reformed during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and 234th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) · See more »
50th Infantry Division Regina
The 50th Infantry Division Regina was an infantry division of the Italian Army during World War II.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and 50th Infantry Division Regina · See more »
8th Infantry Division (India)
The 8th Mountain Division was raised as the 8th Indian Infantry division of the British Indian Army.
New!!: Dodecanese campaign and 8th Infantry Division (India) · See more »
Redirects here:
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecanese_campaign
