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

 

This is a website for those sharing my interest in certain events in April and May 1944 in Crete, and all that surrounds that time and place. 

My interest started in 1990 after a visit to Crete and a reading of Billy Moss's book Ill Met By Moonlight. I thought that the particular beach that Billy and his party landed in Crete may well have been one I and a few friends had found on our visit. I decided to try and find out more.

Eighteen years on and whilst many questions have been answered, a few still evade for one reason or another - so I will keep digging away!

This website, and its predecessor www.kastri.co.uk, has been the means through which many fellow Crete and SOE enthusiasts have made contact and through which information has been found and shared. One such contact, in 2003, led to a few of us getting together in Crete to carry out research on the ground in 2005 and again in 2008. I have been fortunate in having the support and encouragement of many throughout my research, not least Paddy Leigh Fermor and the late George Psychoundakis

I hope you find the contents these of pages of  interest.

Tim Todd May 2008    

2008 Expedition Reports

2008 Expedition  Photos

Earlier Photos page 1 Earlier Photos page 4
Earlier Photos page 2 Earlier Photos page 5
Earlier Photos page 3 Earlier Photos page 6

ExploreCrete Site report on 2005 Expedition

Team participants 2008