Operation Harling

Operation Harling, also known as the Battle of Gorgopotamos (Greek: Μάχη του Γοργοποτάμου) in Greece, was a World War II mission by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), in cooperation with the Greek Resistance groups EDES and ELAS, which destroyed the heavily guarded Gorgopotamos viaduct in Central Greece on 25 November 1942. This was one of the first major sabotage acts in Axis-occupied Europe, and the beginning of a permanent British involvement with the Greek Resistance.

Operation Harling
Part of Axis occupation of Greece in World War II
The modern viaduct over the Gorgopotamos river
Date 25 November 1942 Location Greece Result Allied success
Belligerents
ELAS EDES SOE	Italy  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Eddie Myers Chris Woodhouse John Cooke Aris Velouchiotis Napoleon Zervas	?
Strength
ELAS: 86 EDES: 52 12	100 5
Casualties and losses
4 wounded	?