Damasta sabotage

Moss on Crete summer 1944

The Damasta sabotage (Greek: Το σαμποτάζ της Δαμάστας) was an attack by Cretan resistance fighters led by British Special Operations Executive officer Captain Bill Stanley Moss MC against German occupation forces in World War II. The attack occurred on 8 August 1944 near the village of Damasta (Greek: Δαμάστα) and was aimed at preventing the Germans assaulting the village of Anogeia.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Beevor, Antony. Crete: The Battle and the Resistance, John Murray Ltd, 2005, pp.315-6. ISBN 0-14-016787-0
  2. ^ "Moss, W. Stanley. A War of Shadows, 2014, Bene Factum Publishing". Archived from the original on 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ Psychoundakis, George. The Cretan Runner:His Story of the German Occupation, John Murray Ltd, 1955. The Folio Society, 2009 p178
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kokonas was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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