That time the SOE and Greek Resistance nabbed a General | Crete 1944
Major Leigh-Fermor and Captain Moss, dressed as German corporals, flagged down the general's car on the isolated road. Working quickly, they restrained the driver and - with Leigh-Fermor now impersonating the general in the front of the Opel staff car, they bluffed their way through some 22 German checkpoints in Heraklion with their captive hidden in the back.
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Was this the most unique SOE operation?
much prefer your content to some others . it's well presented and presents people I would not recognize but deserve admiration and recognition.
@UlyssesFiles
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for that Ardela 🙌🏻
@ardeladimwit
11 ай бұрын
@@UlyssesFiles no problem. I get very tired of "greatest general" and eternal mythmaking of glorified egos when the reality is a great deal more messy. If it weren't for the pluck and courage of people like Major Leigh-Fermor and Captain Moss or Paddy Mayne, the Allies would not have won. Their stories are too often to lost in the echo chamber cacophony of Montgomery. The stories deserve to live. What is always so striking is the resolution and brotherhood that goes beyond nationality or cultural borders to defend a world against Nazi atrocities.
@UlyssesFiles
10 ай бұрын
Very well said. If it weren’t for these characters the allies would have got nowhere 🙌🏻
Great content, and a good duration. Thanks.
@UlyssesFiles
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much 😊
Minute 4:04 we have Brad Pitt's dad on the left. On a more serious tone, the operation was not worth it. Taking the general made no difference to any allied plan, neither did it hinder the Germans as they had generals to spare. The only ones who were affected were those who were murdered and those who lost them forever.
@UlyssesFiles
Жыл бұрын
The Cretans themselves seem to have been positive about it overall as far as it being a major boost to morale. However, from my own point of view I’m inclined to agree with you. The reprisals were awful
@UlyssesFiles
Жыл бұрын
‘Brad Pitt’s dad…’ 😂
Good content
This was a bold and courageous plan that couldn’t have succeeded without local Cretan support. The question always arises was the action worth the reprisals that would inevitably follow? In any case a very interesting episode I had not previously heard of.
@UlyssesFiles
Жыл бұрын
Yes it’s one of my favorite operations of WW2. Your question is important. The value of such an action has to be carefully considered in terms of the reaction. In this case it was terrible. Yet Cretans seem to have supported it on the whole. I’m still not sure it was actually worth it, personally.
A very stupid way to send locals to nearly certain death !!
@UlyssesFiles
Жыл бұрын
I see your point… 👍🏻
Cool story thank you 👍🏻
@UlyssesFiles
9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 🙌🏻
The Germans had a similiar stiry, the crack unit that rescued Mussolini from Madelinna ( Im positive its mis spelled) Island
@UlyssesFiles
Жыл бұрын
Ah the infamous Skorzeny and the raid on the Gran Sasso… Here’s a thing we did on that:- kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZWkycWmgqSqXdo.html
Is he actually a nazi or just regular wernatcht?
there was a film made of this ILL MET BY MIDNIGHT i believe i saw it at the pictures in the 1950s or 60s
@UlyssesFiles
11 ай бұрын
Yes we referenced that movie in the docu. Excellent- starring Dirke Bogarde and Cyril Cusack - Christopher Lee makes a cameo appearance too heje 🙌🏻
❤️✌🏻
@UlyssesFiles
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏
What did they do with the kidnapped General?
@UlyssesFiles
Жыл бұрын
Sent him to Egypt and from thence to Canada and then Wales. Released in 1947.