4 real historical locations · Greece
A 1961 adventure classic following an Allied commando team sent to destroy two massive German guns on a Greek island blocking a naval operation. A template for the behind-enemy-lines genre that spawned countless imitators.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Greece.
Allied commando team destroys massive German guns on a fictional Aegean island, allowing the evacuation of 2,000 soldiers.
The Dodecanese islands were a genuine strategic prize — German control of Aegean gun batteries blocked Allied shipping and supply routes to the Eastern Mediterranean. The failed British attempt to seize the Dodecanese...
View location →The fictional island of Kheros — where 2,000 British troops are trapped and must be rescued before the Germans evacuate them.
Leros was the scene of the real Battle of Leros in November 1943, when German airborne and amphibious forces overwhelmed the British garrison. It was one of Churchill's greatest strategic miscalculations and the direc...
View location →German-held Dodecanese island used as a staging base for operations against Allied teams infiltrating through the Aegean.
Kos fell to German forces in October 1943. The German commander then executed 100 Italian officers who had surrendered — a war crime that hardened Allied resolve in the Aegean theater.
View location →German naval and Luftwaffe headquarters for the Aegean — from which the search for the Allied commando team is directed.
Rhodes was the German nerve center of the Aegean campaign, held by 35,000 German troops. Its capture was the original British strategic objective — its failure made the Dodecanese campaign a costly sideshow that diver...
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