Battle of Leros
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The Battle of Leros took place on the Greek island of Leros between the Allies and invading forces of Nazi Germany. Regarded as the central event of the Dodecanese campaign of the Second World War, th
German Fallschirmjäger paratroopers prepare to be flown to Leros
A Marinefährprahm (MFP) in 1942
Paratroopers board a Junkers Ju 52 bound for Leros
Wreck of a Junkers Ju 52 shot down over Leros on 13 November and salvaged by the Hellenic Air Force in 2003. Now at the Hellenic Air Force Museum
Leros
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Leros, also called Lero, is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea. It lies 317 kilometres from Athens's port of Piraeus, from which it can be reached by a nine-h
Battle of Leros
…The Battle of Leros (26 September and 16 November 1943) took place on the Greek island of Leros between the Allies and invading forces of Nazi Germany. Regarded as the central event of the Dodecanese campaign of the Second World War, the term is…
View of Panteli village in Leros
Front, left to right: Arkoi, Leipsoi, Leros. Back, left to right: Agathonisi, Farmakonisi and the Turkish coastline
Panteli Beach, Leros
Agios Georgios Drymona