The Raid on Souda Bay was an attack by the Decima MAS (X-MAS), a specialist unit of the Regia Marina that used unconventional weapons. X-MAS used explosive...
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Crete Naval Base (redirect from NSA Souda Bay)
at Souda Bay in Crete, Greece. Formally known in NATO as Naval Support Activity, Souda Bay (NSA-Souda Bay), and more commonly in Greece as the Souda Naval...
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Francesco Crispi and Quintino Sella, had carried the MTM used in the Raid on Souda Bay (25/26 March 1941). The Motoscafo trasporto lento (MTL, slow transport...
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Human Torpedoes (category World War II films based on actual events)
(uncredited). The movie depicts the successful WWII 1941 raid on Souda Bay in Crete by Italian Navy frogmen on the Royal Navy's HMS York heavy cruiser and a Norwegian...
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of daring raids on Allied shipping. These operations involved surface speedboats (such as the raid on Souda Bay), human torpedoes (the raid on Alexandria)...
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The Souda Bay War Cemetery is a military cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. It contains 19 burials...
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Crispi and Quintino Sella, had carried the MTM used in the successful Raid on Souda Bay (25/26 March 1941). The Motoscafo trasporto lento (MTL, slow transport...
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that would attack British shipping in Souda Bay, Crete, under his command. The action, known as the Raid on Souda Bay, was carried in the night of 26 March...
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Heavy cruiser (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
December 1939 KM Blücher, Battle of Drøbak Sound, 9 April 1940 RN York, Raid on Souda Bay, 26 March 1941 RM Zara, Fiume, Pola, Battle of Cape Matapan, 29 March...
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on it. Boats of these type served the Italian Navy in World War II and proved effective against British targets, especially in the raid on Souda Bay....
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convoy, Allies suffer minimal losses and sink two U-boats. 26 March Raid on Souda Bay – Italian destroyers launch explosive motor boats which sink British...
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March 1941, Biancheri participated in the planning of the successful Raid on Souda Bay, carried out by Tenth Light Flotilla members who had been brought...
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Moccagatta organized the first successful operation of the Decima MAS, the raid on Souda Bay of 26 March 1941, in which heavy cruiser HMS York was sunk and tanker...
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German boats of WWI Human torpedo MAS (boat) MTSM motor torpedo boat Raid on Souda Bay Shinyo (suicide motorboat) Unmanned surface vehicle Borghese, Valerio...
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The Raid on Santorini took place on 24 April 1944 as part of the Mediterranean Campaign in World War II. It was conducted by the British Special Boat...
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umani) (1954) – Italian war film depicting the WWII 1941 raid on Souda Bay by Italian Navy frogmen on the Royal Navy's HMS York heavy cruiser and a Norwegian...
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since 1950 which feature events of World War II in the narrative. The entries on this list are war films or miniseries that are concerned with World War II...
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to general service on the battleship HMS Colossus. "Reginald Henry Portal". The Dreadnought Project. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. "Admiral...
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forces captured Harar. The Italian Navy carried out the successful Raid on Souda Bay in Crete. Mass demonstrations and riots occurred throughout Yugoslavia...
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by the Italians in the Raid on Souda Bay, he was assigned to HMS Nile, the Royal Navy shore establishment in Egypt, and served on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief...
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The Raid on Algiers took place on 11 December 1942, in the Algiers harbour. Italian manned torpedoes and commando frogmen from the Decima Flottiglia MAS...
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1941. For the constructive total loss of the South African tanker Tafelburg on this day see the entry for 28 January 1941 "Naval Events, March 1941, Part...
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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. The action...
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battle of Theriso on 15 July 1821 while on 19 August of the same year he participated in the also victorious battle on Aliakes, near Souda Bay, where he was...
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Retrieved 4 December 2012. "Aegeon". Uboat. Retrieved 25 February 2012. "Raids On Port Of Athens". The Times. No. 48899. London. 14 April 1941. col C, p...
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Pylos (redirect from Bay of Navarin)
was the capital of the former Pylia Province. It is the main harbour on the Bay of Navarino. Nearby villages include Gialova, Pyla, Elaiofyto, Schinolakka...
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95th Reconnaissance Squadron (section Doolittle raid)
Mildenhall, United Kingdom and Souda Bay, Crete. The 95th was originally activated as the 95th Aero Squadron (a fighter unit) on 20 August 1917 at Kelly Field...
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Battle of 42nd Street (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
along the Souda road, they were estimated by the Australian and New Zealand defenders as numbering about 400 men, and were attempting to raid an abandoned...
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Navy divers, or Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC). In UK service it is formally named the Special Forces Payload Bay (SFPB) and was procured under ‘Project...
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Battle of Taranto (redirect from Raid on Taranto)
the Italian armistice in 1943. The attack on Taranto was avenged a year later by the Italian navy in its Raid on Alexandria, when the Mediterranean fleet...
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