Alinda- Fisherman, Nets and Boat
Decoration at a Taverna in Alinda (Securely Locked…
A Villa in Alinda
Peaceful Alinda
View from Alinda to Pandeli Castle
Waterside Windmill
Blue Taverna
Preparing for the Tourist Season
Blue Boat
Hellenic Coastguard at Speed
For Sale (In need of some refurbishment)
Derelict Building
Mending the Nets at Agia Marina, Leros
Agia Marina Harbour
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Villa in Alinda
Unusual End for a Beetle
Beachside Taverna in Alinda
Church of Agios Isidoros
Lakki
Lakki- Italian Rationalist Cinema
Lakki- Italian Rationalist Architecture
Lockheed F104G Starfighter (Hellenic Air Force)
Big Bell at Pandeli Castle
Pandeli Castle
Agia Marina from Pandeli Castle
Pandeli Castle
The Road Past the Windmills
Chapel in the Church of Our Lady, Pandeli Castle
Pandeli Castle
Fresco in the Church of Our Lady, Pandeli Castle
Crithoni's Paradise Hotel, Leros
Pandeli Castle, Leros
View from Crithoni's Paradise Hotel
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Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, Leros
From 1940, when Italy entered the Second World War on the side of Germany, Leros suffered bombing raids by the British Royal Air Force. As a result of the excellent anchorage provided to warships by the many natural coves, the island was the second most bombed during World War Two (after Crete).[citation needed] On 8 September 1943, as Italy could not continue the war on the German side, it signed an armistice and came over to the Allied camp. After the Italian armistice, British reinforcements arrived on Leros and other Dodecanese islands and the island suffered continuous German aerial bombardment. One of the largest attacks was on the Greek Navy's flagship, the Queen Olga, sunk by German bombers on Sunday September 26, 1943, along with HMS Intrepid, while they were anchored in Portolago. The island of Leros was finally captured by German troops during operation Taifun in airborne and amphibious assaults between 12–16 November 1943. The forces involved were paratroop units and a battalion from the elite Brandenburg division. The ground troops were supported by bombers of the Luftwaffe. Among them I. and II. group of Stuka-Wing 3. I. Group operated from Megara Air Base. The island remained under German occupation until the end of the war. (From Wikipedia).
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