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 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
aftermath Execution of captured Italian officers ⓘ
German occupation of Kos ⓘ
airfieldCaptured Antimachia airfield ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Invasion of Kos ⓘ
linked to: Dodecanese campaign
belligerent Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign Aegean campaign of 1943 ⓘ
linked to: Dodecanese campaign
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 (German paratroopers) ⓘ
linked to: Fallschirmjäger

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 Islands ⓘ
linked to: Dodecanese
militaryOperation German airborne and seaborne assault on Kos ⓘ
objective Seizure of the island of Kos ⓘ
opponent British forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
Italian forces ⓘ
partOf Allied Dodecanese operations ⓘ
linked to: Dodecanese campaign

Dodecanese campaign ⓘ
place Kos ⓘ
precededBy 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 Mediterranean theatre of World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dodecanese campaign → hasPart → Battle of Kos ⓘ
Battle of Samos → relatedEvent → Battle of Kos ⓘ
Francis Russell → participatedIn → Battle of Kos ⓘ
Antimachia airfield → event → Battle of Kos ⓘ