1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 The Raid on Symi also known as Operation Tenement took place from 13 to 15 July 1944 as part of the Mediterranean Campaign in World War II.

[1] As soon as light took effect the attack began, first on the harbour defences with mortars and machine guns; the German garrison was taken by surprise.

[6] With this consolidation, the SBS began planting demolition charges on gun emplacements, ammunition, and fuel and explosive dumps.

The last of the men to leave on a barge ran into an E-Boat but with enough captured weapons and ammunition they were able to open fire and sink the vessel for no loss.

For the Germans the raid forced them to put more troops in the area and as a result a much larger garrison was placed on Symi.

[2] In August 1944 the SBS joined the Long Range Desert Group in further operations in the Adriatic, on the Peloponnese, in Albania, and, finally, in Istria.

[1][7] At the end of World War II, the surrender of German forces in the region under General Otto Wagener to the British took place on Symi and the island was subject to two years of occupation by them.