Raid on Symi, the Glossary
The Raid on Symi also known as Operation Tenement took place from 13 to 15 July 1944 as part of the Mediterranean Campaign in World War II.[1]
Table of Contents
33 relations: Aegean Islands, Aegean Sea, Albania, Allies of World War II, Battle of the Mediterranean, Caïque, Carabinieri, Christodoulos Tsigantes, Dodecanese, Dodecanese campaign, E-boat, Evening Independent, George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Greece, Haifa, Ian Lapraik, Istria, Long Range Desert Group, Luftwaffe, No. 62 Commando, Otto Wagener, Peloponnese, Promontory, Raid on Santorini, Sacred Band (World War II), Schooner, Special Air Service, Special Boat Service, St. Petersburg, Florida, Symi, Turkey, Vickers machine gun, World War II.
- 1944 in Greece
- Allied naval victories in the battle of the Mediterranean
- Battles and operations of World War II involving Germany
- Battles and operations of World War II involving Greece
- Battles and operations of World War II involving Italy
- History of the Dodecanese
Aegean Islands
The Aegean Islands are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast.
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Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia.
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Albania
Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.
Allies of World War II
The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.
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Battle of the Mediterranean
The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940 to 2 May 1945.
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Caïque
A caïque (καΐκι, kaiki, from kayık) is a traditional fishing boat usually found among the waters of the Ionian or Aegean Sea, and also a light skiff used on the Bosporus.
Carabinieri
The Carabinieri (also,; formally Arma dei Carabinieri, "Arm of Carabineers"; previously Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali, "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign policing duties.
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Christodoulos Tsigantes
Christodoulos Tsigantes (Χριστόδουλος Τσιγάντες; 30 January 1897 – October 11, 1970) was a Greek general who distinguished himself as the commander of the Sacred Band during the Second World War.
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Dodecanese
The Dodecanese (Δωδεκάνησα, Dodekánisa,; On iki Ada) are a group of 15 larger and 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Turkey's Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited.
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Dodecanese campaign
The Dodecanese campaign was the capture and occupation of the Dodecanese islands by German forces during World War II. Raid on Symi and Dodecanese campaign are Battles and operations of World War II involving Greece and Battles and operations of World War II involving Italy.
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E-boat
E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot, or S-Boot, meaning "fast boat"; plural Schnellboote) of the Kriegsmarine during World War II; E-boat could refer to a patrol craft from an armed motorboat to a large Torpedoboot. The name of E-boats was a British designation using the letter E for Enemy.
Evening Independent
The Evening Independent was St. Petersburg, Florida's first daily newspaper.
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George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Baron Jellicoe of Southampton (4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a British politician, diplomat and businessman.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
Haifa
Haifa (Ḥēyfā,; Ḥayfā) is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in.
Ian Lapraik
Colonel Ian Lapraik (13 September 1915 – 15 March 1985) was a distinguished officer in the Special Air Service Regiment, despite potentially crippling childhood illness.
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Istria
Istria (Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria) is the largest peninsula to border the Adriatic Sea.
Long Range Desert Group
The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
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No. 62 Commando
No.
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Otto Wagener
Otto Wilhelm Heinrich Wagener (29 April 1888 – 9 August 1971) was a German major general and, for a period, Adolf Hitler's economic advisor and confidant.
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Peloponnese
The Peloponnese, Peloponnesus (Pelopónnēsos) or Morea (Mōrèas; Mōriàs) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans.
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A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula).
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Raid on Santorini
The Raid on Santorini took place on 24 April 1944 as part of the Mediterranean Campaign in World War II. Raid on Symi and Raid on Santorini are 1944 in Greece, Amphibious operations involving the United Kingdom, Amphibious operations of World War II, Battles and operations of World War II involving Germany, Battles and operations of World War II involving Greece, Battles and operations of World War II involving Italy, conflicts in 1944 and World War II British Commando raids.
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Sacred Band (World War II)
The Sacred Band or Sacred Squadron (Ιερός Λόχος) was a Greek special forces unit formed in 1942 in the Middle East, composed mostly of Greek officers and officer cadets under the command of Col.
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Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.
Special Air Service
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.
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Special Boat Service
The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.
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St. Petersburg, Florida
St.
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Symi
Symi, also transliterated as Syme or Simi (Σύμη), is a Greek island and municipality.
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
Vickers machine gun
The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled.303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Raid on Symi and World War II are conflicts in 1944.
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See also
1944 in Greece
- 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions
- 1944 Greek naval mutiny
- Battle of Amfilochia
- Battle of Chora - Agorelitsa (1944)
- Battle of Kalamata (1944)
- Battle of Karoutes
- Battle of Kilkis (1944)
- Battle of Kokkinia
- Battle of Meligalas
- Battle of Menina
- Caserta Agreement
- Chortiatis massacre
- Cloudy Sunday
- Damasta sabotage
- Dekemvriana
- Executions of Kokkinia
- Feneos executions
- Great Famine (Greece)
- Greece in World War II
- Hellenic State (1941–1944)
- Holocaust of Kedros
- Ioannis Rallis
- Kidnapping of Heinrich Kreipe
- Lebanon Conference
- Malathyros executions
- Mesovouno massacres
- National Liberation Front (Greece)
- Operation Manna
- Pyrgoi massacre
- Raid on Santorini
- Raid on Symi
- Razing of Anogeia
- Rescue of the Jews of Zakynthos
- Sinking of the SS Tanais
- Skourvoula executions
Allied naval victories in the battle of the Mediterranean
- Action in the Strait of Otranto
- Action of 1 November 1944
- Battle of Cape Bon (1941)
- Battle of Cape Matapan
- Battle of Cape Passero (1940)
- Battle of Cape Spada
- Battle of Ist
- Battle of La Ciotat
- Battle of Port Cros
- Battle of Skerki Bank
- Battle of Taranto
- Battle of the Campobasso Convoy
- Battle of the Duisburg Convoy
- Battle of the Ligurian Sea
- Battle of the Tarigo Convoy
- Battle off Zuwarah
- Mediterranean U-boat campaign of World War II
- Operation Excess
- Operation Grog
- Operation Halberd
- Raid on Symi
Battles and operations of World War II involving Germany
- 2nd Parachute Brigade in Southern France
- 6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine
- Allied invasion of Sicily
- Battle of Kokkinia
- Battle of La Haye-du-Puits
- Battle of Menina
- Battle of Mont-Cenis
- Battle of Sarantaporos (1943)
- Battle of the Mons pocket
- Continuation War
- Defence of the Reich
- Funkspiel
- Georgian uprising on Texel
- German invasion of Luxembourg
- German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941
- Greenland in World War II
- Invasion and occupation of Monaco during World War II
- Leningrad strategic defensive
- North African campaign
- Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)
- Operation Animals
- Operation Bigamy
- Operation Encore
- Operation Overlord
- Operation Stösser
- Operation Waldfest
- Prague uprising
- Raid on Santorini
- Raid on Symi
- Second Battle of the Alps
- Siege of Breslau
- Siege of Dunkirk (1944–1945)
- Siege of Leningrad
- Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
- Siege of Tobruk
- Slovak National Uprising
- Spring 1945 offensive in Italy
- Surrender of General Botho Elster
Battles and operations of World War II involving Greece
- Action off Cape Bougaroun
- Adriatic campaign of World War II
- Battle of Crete
- Battle of Elaia–Kalamas
- Battle of Greece
- Battle of Hill 731
- Battle of Himara
- Battle of Kleisoura Pass
- Battle of Korytsa
- Battle of Kos
- Battle of Lake Kastoria
- Battle of Morava–Ivan
- Battle of Olympus (1941)
- Battle of Pindus
- Battle of Rimini (1944)
- Battle of Saranda
- Battle of Thermopylae (1941)
- Battle of Trebeshina
- Battle of Vevi (1941)
- Battle of Wadi Akarit
- Battle of the Corinth Canal
- Battle of the Mareth Line
- Battle of the Metaxas Line
- Capture of Klisura Pass
- Dodecanese campaign
- German invasion of Greece
- Italian campaign (World War II)
- Italian spring offensive
- Raid on Santorini
- Raid on Symi
- Second Battle of El Alamein
- Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle
Battles and operations of World War II involving Italy
- 1942 Montenegro offensive
- Allied invasion of Sicily
- Battle of Fardykambos
- Battle of Garfagnana
- Battle of Leivadi
- Battle of Meritsa
- Battle of Petrikowka
- Battle of Porta
- Battle of Rhodes (1943)
- Battle of Saranda
- Battle of the Argenta Gap
- Bombing of the Vatican
- Capture of Klisura Pass
- Case Black
- Case Blue
- Case White
- Charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Izbushensky
- Christmas Battle (1941)
- Defence of the Reich
- Defense of the Redoute Ruinée (1945)
- Dodecanese campaign
- Drvar uprising
- East African campaign (World War II)
- Invasion and occupation of Monaco during World War II
- Italian campaign (World War II)
- Italian spring offensive
- June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina
- North African campaign
- Northern front, East Africa, 1940
- Operation Agreement
- Operation Alfa
- Operation Animals
- Operation Bigamy
- Operation Caravan
- Operation Crusader
- Operation Flipper
- Operation Fustian
- Operation Ladbroke
- Operation Lehrgang
- Operation Skorpion
- Operation Trio
- Raid on Grand Harbour
- Raid on Santorini
- Raid on Symi
- Siege of Malta (World War II)
History of the Dodecanese
- Action of 29 September 1662
- Attack on Convoy AN 14
- Battle of Cos
- Battle of Gerontas
- Dodecanese Regiment
- History of Rhodes
- Italo-Turkish War
- Kasos Massacre
- Peter Acland
- Raid on Symi
- Sanjak of Rhodes
- Sanjak of Sakız
- Venizelos–Tittoni agreement
- Vilayet of the Archipelago