Battle of Kos

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The Battle of Kos was a World War II engagement in October 1943 in which German forces seized the Greek island of Kos from British and Italian troops during the Dodecanese campaign.

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Battle of Kos canonical 2

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instanceOf World War II battle
battle
aftermath Execution of captured Italian officers
German occupation of Kos
airfieldCaptured Antimachia airfield
alsoKnownAs Dodecanese campaign
surface form: Invasion of Kos
belligerent Kingdom of Italy
Nazi Germany
United Kingdom
campaign Dodecanese campaign
surface form: Aegean campaign of 1943
casualties Heavy Allied casualties
Light to moderate German casualties
combatant1 Germany
combatant2 Italy
United Kingdom
conflict World War II
country Greece
date October 1943
endDate 1943-10-04
followedBy Battle of Leros
hasCommander Francis Russell
Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller
Italian garrison commanders on Kos
involves British infantry battalions
Fallschirmjäger
surface form: Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers)

German 22nd Infantry Division elements
German Sturmdivision Rhodos elements
Italian Regina Division elements
Italian coastal and infantry units
Luftwaffe air support
Royal Air Force units
isPartOf Allied attempts to occupy the Dodecanese after Italian surrender
location Aegean Sea
Dodecanese
surface form: Dodecanese Islands
militaryOperation German airborne and seaborne assault on Kos
objective Seizure of the island of Kos
opponent British Armed Forces
surface form: British forces

German forces
Italian forces
partOf Dodecanese campaign
surface form: Allied Dodecanese operations

Dodecanese campaign
place Kos
precededBy armistice of Cassibile
surface form: Italian armistice of Cassibile
relatedTo German Aegean operations in 1943
Massacre of Kos
result German victory
startDate 1943-10-03
strategicImportance Control of airfields in the Dodecanese
theatre Battle of the Mediterranean
surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II

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Dodecanese campaign hasPart Battle of Kos
Battle of Samos relatedEvent Battle of Kos