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Julie Peakman is an historian and author. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Honorary Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London. She lives in London and on Leros.

The best stories are the forgotten stories; the stories of battles that have been ignored and of ordinary men and women whose voices have never been heard. Hitlers Island War is both of these. Detailed, moving and authentic, this is a story that needs to be heard, both for its human aspect and for its strategic importance in the struggle for the Adriatic in World War II. This is required reading for military historians and for those who are fascinated by the experiences of ordinary soldiers at war, told with their own voices and through their own eyes.

Paddy Ashdown, author of Game of Spies

Julie Peakmans riveting tale of the battle for Leros during World War II combines a precise analysis of politics and strategy with a deft sensitivity to the traumatic experiences of those war-weary men who fought and died on that island. Through their letters, diaries and oral accounts, she provides a way for us to understand something of their fears, suffering, hopes, and, in the end, despair.

Joanna Bourke, author of The Story of Pain

Julie Peakmans deeply researched book is a vividly raw and personal story. She has made an essential and unique contribution to understanding those extraordinary events on an Aegean island in 1943.

Nick Jellicoe, author of Jutland: The Unfinished Battle

HITLERS ISLAND
WAR

The Men Who Fought for Leros

J ULIE P EAKMAN

Published in 2018 by

I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd

London New York

www.ibtauris.com

Copyright 2018 Julie Peakman

The right of Julie Peakman to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Every attempt has been made to gain permission for the use of the images in this book. Any omissions will be rectified in future editions.

References to websites were correct at the time of writing.

ISBN: 978 1 78453 268 0

eISBN: 978 1 78672 299 7

ePDF: 978 1 78673 299 6

A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library

A full CIP record is available from the Library of Congress

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: available

For Jad, with love

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Maps

Italian map of Leros, 1929

Map of the Dodecanese Islands, Geographical Section, Chief of Staff Map 1943

Leros Map showing coastal defences, September 1943

Map of German Invasion, Day 1: Geographical Section, Chief of Staff Map 1943

Figures

All images are copyright of author except where indicated.

Letter to the POW Ted Johnson from his mother, 21 June 1944

Proclamation from Brigadier Robert Tilney to the Leros troops, 4 November 1943

Office Admiralty list of casualties of HMS Dulverton

Notifications of death of Sergeant Major Frederick R. Charles Spooner, Jan 1944, March 1944

War Office burial notification of Sergeant Major F.C. Spooner, 23rd March 1946

Photocopy of the telegram from the War Office to Richard Jamess family informing them he is missing, 15 December 1943

Photocopy of the letter from the War Office to Richard Jamess family informing them he is missing, 18 December 1943

Cartoon from Ted Johnsons POW log book

Images from Ted Johnsons POW log book

Images from Ted Johnsons POW log book

Images from Frank Smiths POW log book (map of Leros, and cartoons Rumours, Famous Words, Bird Fanciers, It happened one evening)

Frank Smiths drawing of the inside of his POW camp

Plates

Plate 1 Platanos Square, Leros, IWM (Imperial War Museum), E4299

Plate 2 Inhabitants of Leros, IWM, E4300

Plate 3 Leros town with the Castle above

Plate 4 Alinda Bay looking north, IWM, E4303

Plate 5 Caique used by Special Boat Squadron (SBS), IWM, E4306

Plate 6 A panoramic view overlooking Agia Marina to the left, and Platanos to the right, from the back of the Church of Evangalismos, IWM, E4307

Plate 7 Castelorizo, IWM, E26457

Plate 8 George Jellicoe, SBS, with kind permission of Nick Jellicoe

Plate 9 David Lloyd Owen, Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), IWM, HU71409

Plate 10 Anders Lassen, SBS, wikipedia.org

Plate 11 Lieutenant Colonel David Stirling, IWM, E21340

Plate 12 Jake Easonsmith, LRDG, wikipedia.org

Plate 13 Leonard Marsland Gander, war correspondent

Plate 14 Guy Prendergast, LRDG, wikipedia.org

Plate 15 Jellicoes SBS after a successful raid in the Aegean, IWM, HU71409

Plate 16 George Hatcher, Queens Own Royal West Kents

Plate 17 Clifford Clarke, Queens Own Royal West Kents

Plate 18 Frank Smith, Royal Irish Fusilier

Plate 19 Paddy McCrystal, Royal Irish Fusilier

Plate 20 Lieutenant Richard Jimmy James, Royal West Kents

Plate 21 Don Bush (right), Royal Navy

Plate 22 Sid Bowden, Queens Own Royal West Kents

Plate 23 Peter Antony Barham (left), Royal West Kents, with his friend Aggie Aldridge who was killed in action on Leros

Plate 24 Ted Johnson (right), Royal Irish Fusiliers, with Peter Craig, the year before the Battle of Tobruk

Plate 25 Ted Johnson on-board a ship going to Malta

Plate 26 British officers are received at Portolago, Leros, by Italian commander, 20 September 1943. Brigadier Brittorious saluted Italian Admiral Mascherpa, IWM, E4296

Plate 27 Officers of Royal Irish Fusiliers. Ted Johnson second from left, back row. Reverend Anwyl front row, first left

Plate 28 Commanding Officer of 1st Special Boat Squadron Lieutenant Colonel Lord Jellicoe (left), with Captain Chevilier an officer of the Greek Sacred Squadron on the bridge at Tewfik, HQ Boat, IWM, HU71413

Plate 29 Captain Alan Redfern. Killed in action on Leros

Plate 30 Meeting of Brigadier Brittorious (middle) with Admiral Mascherpa on right of photograph, IWM, E4297

Plate 31 British and Italian officers after luncheon together on 22 September 1943. Third from left is Admiral Mascherpa, next to him Brigadier Brittorious, Commander Borghi (chief of staff, in white), Brigadier Turnbull, Lieutenant Colonel Livolsi (OC Infantry Battalion), behind him George Jellicoe of SBS, IWM, E4298

Plate 32 General Paget being welcomed by the Mayor of Leros, IWM, E31119

Plate 33 Carriage assemblies for 40-mm anti-aircraft guns strapped to the casings of the submarine HMS Severn at Beirut, 18 October 1943, about to be taken to Leros

Plate 34 Soldiers taking a break

Plate 35 Stretcher-bearers carry a wounded soldier to makeshift hospital

Plate 36 German paratroopers escort Italian POWs, 15 November 1943, IWM HU67411

Plate 37 Tilney (left) with German officer after surrender

Plate 38 German air raid on Leros, 12 November 1943, IWM, HU67414

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