| Raid on Santorini | |||||||
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| Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II | |||||||
 Location of Santorini in the Aegean | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom Greece |
 Germany Italian Social Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Anders Lassen Stefanos Kasoulis † |
Lieutenant Hesse | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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SBS 19 Commandos | Garrison company | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 killed |
40 killed or wounded 19 captured | ||||||
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5 civilians executed 13 civilians killed in Commando explosion | |||||||
The Raid on Santorini took place on 24 April 1944 as part of the Mediterranean Campaign in World War II. It was conducted by the British Special Boat Service, against the mixed German and Italian garrison on the island of Santorini (Thera) in the Aegean Sea. The raid was made in tandem with similar operations at the islands of Ios, Mykonos and Amorgos that aimed to destroy Axis naval observation posts and radio stations on the Cycladic islands.[1][2]
- ^ Mortimer, Gavin. The Special Boat Squadron in WW2, Osprey, 2013, ISBN 1782001891.
- ^ Lewis, Damien. Churchill's Secret Warriors, Quercus 2014, ISBN 1848669178.
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