What the records say
- When
- 3 Oct 1943 – 4 Oct 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.79° N, 27.07° E
- Description
- battle between British, Italian and German forces
- War
- World War II
Battle of Kos (1943)
1943 World War II battle
The Battle of Kos was a battle in the Second World War between British–Italian and German forces for control of the Greek island of Kos, in the Italian Dodecanese Islands of the Aegean Sea. The battle was precipitated by the Allied Armistice with Italy.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “capture de Kos par les Allemands”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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