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Paddy's notebook

Our friend Costas showed us two pages from PLF's notebook that he used during the Kreipe operation. The text of one - a message to Dick...

Arthur Reade at Gournes January 1943

This is a picture of Arthur Reade high up on the eastern flank of the White Mountains above the village of Kares. He had been infiltrated...

Chris and Peter White have been researching the activities of SOE in Crete - and especially the abduction route of General Kreipe - for many years. Their research focuses on finding and recording the exact locations used by SOE and the Cretan Resistance. They use a combination of contemporaneous photographs and accounts along with interviews with Cretans to identify the locations they are seeking.

They have recorded over 80 locations, with many more still to be found!