Karl Heinrich Georg Ferdinand Kreipe was a German career soldier who served in both World War I and World War II. While leading German forces in occupied Crete in April 1944, he was abducted by Britis
A Citroën Traction Avant, similar to the type of vehicle used by Kreipe.
Plaque at Peristere Beach near the village of Rodakino, Crete, commemorating the extraction of Heinrich Kreipe in 1944.
Manolis or Emmanouil Paterakis was a member of the Cretan resistance during World War II, who lived in the village of Koustogerako in the then-province of Selino. In English language sources, he also
Kreipe's abduction team; Paterakis is second from right.