By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by Andreas Galanos ΔΙΑΒΑΣΤΕ ΣΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ: ΜΕΡΟΣ Α’ – Μια ζωή στρατιώτης: Ο ελληνοϊταλικός πόλεμος 1940-41 μέσα από τα μάτια του Παύλου Γαλανού ΜΕΡΟΣ Β’, ΕΜΦΥΛΙΟΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ – Παύλος Γαλανός, 37 μήνες πολεμικών επιχειρήσεων Greece has been at war or under special circumstances for the better part of the first […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Additional info and photos by Andreas Galanos, used by permission Τα γεγονότα της Εαρινής επίθεσης των Ιταλών τον Μάρτιο του 1941 είναι γνωστά… Αλήθεια είναι γνωστά; Ξέρει ή θυμάται κανείς πλέον ότι σε εκείνη τη στενή λωρίδα Γής επάνω στα υψώματα 731 , 717, Μπούμπεσι, Μπρέγκου Ραπίτ και ανάμεσα τους […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos & Research by Andreas Galanos Archive photos by Tony Rogers, submitted via Andreas Galanos The Eastern Aegean was the setting for a series of German air-sea landings, something not normally associated with the Wehrmacht. Leros Island, 1943: German infantry carried out beach assaults and, unusually, Fallschirmjäger were deployed in their intended role […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Andreas Galanos, exclusively submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission. Milos island in the Aegean Sea, Greece was an important German base during WW2. Heavily fortified, Milos island served as a naval hub, with an airfield, radar facilities, bunker complexes and other military installations. The World War 2 “FuMG 65 Würzburg-Riese” German radar […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Research and photos: Andreas Galanos & Markos Spanos FURTHER READING ON THE BATTTLE OF LEROS (CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO READ THE STORIS AND SEE THE PHOTOS): The Battles for Kos and Leros, 1943 – the new edition of “Churchill’s Folly” Autumn 1943: Operation “Taifun”, the Battle for Leros, the […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and research: Andreas Galanos Additional reading (click the links below in red): Autumn 1943: Operation “Taifun”, the Battle for Leros, the tragic end of the LRDG and the defeat of the British The Battles for Kos and Leros, 1943 – the new edition of “Churchill’s Folly” Leros Island, 1943: […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Andreas Galanos, exclusively submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission. The Greek Sacred Squadron was a special operations unit, which was formed in September 1942 in the Middle East, by volunteer officers, who had escaped from Axis occupied Greece. Its aim was to fight the Axis troops and contribute to the liberation of Greece. Following the […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Andreas Galanos, exclusively submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission. Strategically located on the southern side of Milos island in the Cyclades, Greece, overlooking the sea towards Crete, a gigantic FuMG 65 Würzburg-Riese radar installation was constructed by the German occupation forces in 1942. The beautiful island, known as “Festung Milos” […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by Andreas Galanos Grammos mountain, part of the Northern Pindos Mountains, covers an area of 35,000 hectares and is an ocean of mountains, deep gorges and ravines, which are covered by dense forests. It was a main theater of operations during he three-year Greek Civil War. Every stone has a story to tell: […]