Manolis Paterakis

Manolis or Emmanouil Paterakis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ (Μανώλης) Πατεράκης)[1]: 158  was a member of the Cretan resistance during World War II, who lived in the village of Koustogerako in the then-province of Selino.

[2] At the outbreak of World War II, Paterakis was a young gendarme on the island of Crete.

[3][4] After the Battle of Crete he evacuated to the Middle East, where he trained with the British Commandos in sabotage.

[5] He was returned to Crete, along with Georgios Tyrakis, as the permanent partners of Patrick Leigh Fermor and W. Stanley Moss on a mission to capture German general Heinrich Kreipe.

[6] They arrested the general and drove him to the mountains, continuing south to a bay codenamed "X75" near Rodakino, from which Kreipe was embarked on a submarine destined for Cairo.