Battle of Sarantaporos (1943)

Battle of Sarantaporos
Part of Operation Animals
Date 21 June 1943 Location Sarantaporos, central Greece 40°03′43″N 22°00′53″E / 40.06194°N 22.01472°E / 40.06194; 22.01472 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Germany	ELAS  United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Esterbauer	Andreas Beserianos Theodoros Alexandros Apostolis Papakonstantinos Mitsos Stamkos
Units involved
117th Jäger Division	16th ELAS Division SOE
Strength
108	Unknown
Casualties and losses
24 killed 79 captured (most later executed)	Unknown
class=notpageimage| Location within Greece

The Battle of Sarantaporos on 21 June 1943 was a successful ambush by the guerrillas of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) against a column of the German 117th Jäger Division. The ambush, carried out as part of Operation Animals, was one of the most successful operations against the Germans during the Axis occupation of Greece.