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Island of Kos, Aegean Sea 1943-10-03 (4 others)

Overview:

Italy surrendered to the Allies. With this announcement all Brandenburg activities in Greece were broken off an all units began consolidating near Athens. On 8 September, British forces began occupying the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. This would place British aircraft within bombing range of the Romanian oilfields and had to be prevented. On 2 October, three groups of the Küstenjäger Battalion set sail for the island of Kos. Reaching Kamara Bay on the south coast of Kos at about 4:00 a.m., the Küstenjägers immediately began unloading. Not until the Küstenjäger were actually beginning to land did they come under fire from the Italian garrison. Firing their submachine guns and MG-42s from the hip, the Küstenjägers stormed the hill where most of the Italian fire was originating.

Defender: Italian (Kos Garrison)  

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