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.

Home

Original Home page

Primary Participants

Participants secondary

Locations

Evidence

Literature-(public)

Literature-(other)

Primary Sources

Outstanding- enquiries

Time Line

Motor Launches

Submarines

Operation Bricklayer

Operation Moonstruck 

In the Footsteps of Heroes

Location references

A conundrum

OFF SITE LINKS

The War Graves Photographic Project

John Dillon's Crete site

Paul London's site

Hellenic BookService

ExploreCrete

U.K. Crete Veterans and Friends Society

Hughes Syndrome

Find Maddy

The U.K. Crete Veterans and Friends Society

The Society membership includes veterans, family members of veterans, and people with a genuine interest in the veterans and the events surrounding the Battle of Crete 1941 and the subsequent occupation of the island.

For many years, the Society has organised memorial trips to Crete timed to coincide with the local events commemorating the Battle of Crete.

The Society also arranges a re-union in the U.K. and sends out newsletters on a regular basis.