The abduction of General Kreipe Tour

in fermor •  7 years ago  (edited)

Follow the real route of the abductors of General Kreipe in Crete during WW2

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THE KIDNAPPING OF A GENERAL – A RISKY OPERATION

TOUR E.      Heraklion – Archanes – Mount Ida 

• Villa Ariadne: (Built by Sir Arthur Evans, excavator of Knossos). John D.S. Pendlebury, ‘The Lawrence of Crete’, an archaeologist - spy in the service of British Intelligence – The final act of the War: The German - Italian surrender, signed 9 May 1945 • Archanes: Briefing Prewar German and British Intelligence network - S.O.E. Special Operations Executive, I.S.L.D. Inter Services Liaison Department – American Secret Services in Crete – General’s Headquarters in Archanes • The protagonists: Patrick Leigh Fermor & William Stanley Moss • The Ambush: The Plan - The Place – The Memorial • Following the abductors’ car route: Through Heraklion – Westwards – Message to the German authorities left in Kreipe’s abandoned car – Mount Ida • Heraklion, west suburbs: Visit to historic farmhouse (meeting-point of S.O.E. Liaison Officers), Briefing, presentation of genuine WW2 material. • Mount Ida & Nida Plateau: Wireless transmitter stations – Secret Service and Guerilla hideouts – R.A.F. missions – Equipment airdrops – Guerilla Warfare • Anogia village: Small village involved in Allied Secret Service Operations & Wehrmacht reprisals

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