I am trying to find more detail about the Dodecanese Campaign, the divisions involved and where and when they landed or attempted to land. Am especially interested in the 34th Indian Infantry Division or the 8th Punjab. Thanks.
Operation Accolade Attached to the Raiding Forces, Middle East, they would join 150 men of the Special Boat Service (SBS), and No. 30 Commando to support the nearly 3,000 regular British troops of 234 Brigade holding the islands Operation Accolade – How Britain’s Elite Long Range Desert Group Met Disaster in the Aegean 234 Brigade 234th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia Order of Battle The brigade was constituted as follows during the war: 4th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (from 13 May 1942 until 10 April 1943, rejoined 26 October 1943, captured 16 November 1943) 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (from 13 May 1942 until 7 January 1943) 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (from 14 May 1942 until 9 September 1943) 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (from 23 January 1943 until 5 April 1943) 1st Battalion, The King's Own Malta Regiment (from 29 March 1943 until 10 October June 1943) 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (6 April 1943, captured 16 November 1943) 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (from 11 April 1943, captured 16 November 1943) 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (from 24 October 1943, captured 16 November 1943) Commanders The following officers commanded the brigade during the war: Brigadier F.G.R. Brittorous (from 13 May 1942 until 5 November 1943) Brigadier R. Tilney (from 5 November 1943) 30 Commando and also known as the Special Engineering Unit, for most of 1943, the unit, or parts of it, operated in the Greek Islands, Appendix 1 (Part 5): History of 30 Commando (later called 30 Assault Unit and 30... | The National Archives
For your secondary quest: There are only two threads on the division's sub-units: Indian States Forces cavalry regiments and A Battery, 155th Field Regiment, RA (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Far more on the 8th Punjabs: 8th Punjab Regiment Regimental History and by searching with "8th Punjab" + "ww2talk.com" site:ww2talk.com
I just purchased an Osprey publication that has an excellent account of operations on Kos and Leros including many photos and maps. It is: Rogers, Anthony. Kos and Leros 1943: The German Conquest of the Dodecanese. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, Ltd., 2019.
Thank-you, I will see what I have and let you know more accurately dates, units etc., I'm trying to place.