Leros: Last German Para Drop

I-Leros: I-Last German Para Drop kaJoni Nuutinen umdlalo wamasu osekelwe ekuphendukeni obekwe esiqhingini saseGrisi iLeros oLwandle i-Aegean eduze kwaseTurkey. Isibuyekezo sokugcina ngoMashi 2026.

Ngemva kokuba amaNtaliyane ephenduke uhlangothi ngasekupheleni kuka-1943, amaNgisi aphuthumisa wonke umuntu kusukela emabuthweni avamile kuya emabuthweni awo akhethekile anolwazi olukhulu (i-Long Range Desert Group kanye ne-SAS/Special Boat Service) esiqhingini saseLeros ukuze avikele ichweba lawo elibalulekile lamanzi ajulile kanye nezindawo ezinkulu zase-Italy zasolwandle kanye nezindiza. Lokhu kuhamba kwaseBrithani kwasongela kokubili izindawo zikawoyela zaseRomania futhi kwalinga iTurkey ukuba ijoyine impi.

AmaJalimane kwadingeka athathe ukulawula kwalesi siphephelo esibalulekile, manje esiphethwe yiBrithani kanye nebutho lase-Italy, futhi aqala i-Operation Leopard. Ithuba elilodwa lokunqoba kwakuwukusebenzisa i-parachute ngesibindi e-Fallschirmjäger yokugcina (amasosha aseJalimane andiza emoyeni) phakathi nendawo encane kakhulu yesiqhingi ngenkathi enza nokufika okuningana emanzini ngosizo lwamabutho akhethekile aseBrandenburg kanye nama-commando aseJalimane aseMarine.

Eziningana zezindawo zokufika ezazihleliwe zehlulekile ngokuphelele noma kancane, kodwa amaJalimane akwazile ukudala izindawo ezimbili zokubeka ama-beachheads... ngakho-ke ukuwa kwe-parachute okwase kukhanseliwe, kwahlelwa kabusha ngokushesha ngomzamo wokuthola amandla engeziwe.

Isibonakaliso somlando esithunyelwe nguLieutenant Colonel John Easonsmith, umlawuli weLong Range Desert Group, phakathi nempi: “Konke kunzima kodwa sonke sinethemba ngomphumela uma kungasekho amaJalimane afika. Ama-Parachutist aseJalimane ayebukeka kahle kodwa athola ukulimala okuningi.”

Impi yaseLeros yayihlanganisa inani elingakaze libonwe lamabutho akhethekile e-WW2 alwa endaweni enjalo evinjiwe. AmaNtaliyane ayene-MAS yawo edumile, amaNgisi afaka amalungu awo anolwazi kakhulu eLong Range Desert Group kanye ne-SAS/SBS ​​(Special Boat Service), kuyilapho amaJalimane efaka ama-Marine Commandos, amasosha asele e-parachute, kanye nezinkampani ezahlukahlukene zaseBrandenburg, ezazidumile ngamasu azo ezilimi eziningi, ahambisanayo amaningi adida abaphikisi bawo.

Ngenxa yokuma okungajwayelekile kweziqhingi ezimangelengele (kufaka phakathi izindawo eziyisishiyagalolunye), ukuwela kwebutho le-parachute, kanye nokufika kaningi, impi ephithizelayo, enesihluku yaqala ngokushesha phakathi kwezintaba nezinqaba njengoba amabutho ahlukahlukene akhethekile ayelwela ukulawula indawo ngayinye. Njengoba amahora edlula futhi ephenduka izinsuku ngaphandle kokuphumula empini enamandla, izinhlangothi zombili zaqaphela ukuthi le mpi ethile yayizoba yinto esondelene kakhulu.

Unawo yini amandla nobuhlakani bokuguqula lesi simo esijabulisayo sibe ukunqoba kokugcina okukhulu kwaseJalimane kweMpi Yezwe II?

"ULeros uwile, ngemuva komzabalazo onamandla kakhulu nokuhlasela okukhulu emoyeni. Kwakuyinto ecishe ibe phakathi kwempumelelo nokwehluleka. Kwakudingeka okuncane kakhulu ukushintsha isikali sibe sihle futhi siphumelele."

— UMlawuli-Jikelele (C-in-C) weButho Lesishiyagalolunye laseBrithani, uJenene uSir Henry Maitland Wilson, wabika kuNdunankulu: