ILL Met By Moonlight

The story of the abduction, in 1944 from Crete, of General Kreipe, and of "In the footsteps of heroes", two expeditions in Crete remembering and honouring both the Greek and British heroes involved in the original operation, and after the book of the same name by William Stanley Moss.

N.B.This site is being constantly updated as information becomes known., Some of the more recent additions will start off in blue text.

 

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(primary)

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(secondary)

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Literature

(public)

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(other)

Outstanding enquiries

Primary Sources

Time Line

Motor Launches

Submarines

Operation Bricklayer

In the Footsteps of Heroes

Operation Moonstruck (new Nov 2007)

Location references

A conundrum 

OFF SITE LINKS

The War Graves Photographic Project

John Dillon's Crete site

Paul London's site

Hellenic BookService

Hughes Syndrome

ExploreCrete

Interkriti

U.K. Crete Veterans and Friends Society

Find Maddy

EXMOUTH PAGES

2008 Expedition Photos  (page 4)

Link to page 3

Meeting the original guide in Kharasso - George Pahiadakis (now 92 but still in possession of his Force 133 identity card)

The house in Kharasso where Bandouvas' andarte team stayed

In Kharasso with the village president (the small door was the exit from the loft area where Billy and Paddy slept)

Link to page 5