Italian: 254 killed or missing 5,350 POWs 1 destroyer sunk 5 auxiliary and merchant ships sunk 5 Armored Motor Boats and Torpedo Boats sunk British: ~600 killed 100 wounded 3,200 POWs 115 RAF aircraft lost 3 destroyers sunk Greek: 1 destroyer sunk 68[1][2]
512 killed, 900 wounded at least five MFPs
20 civilians killed (Leros Islanders)
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The Battle of Leros was the central event of the Dodecanese campaign of the Second World War, and is widely used as an alternative name for the whole campaign. After the Armistice of Cassibile the Italian garrison on the Greek island Leros was strengthened by British forces on 15 September 1943. The battle began with German air attacks on 26 September, continued with the landings on 12 November, and ended with the capitulation of the Allied forces four days later.
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