I-Leros: I-Para Drop yesiJalimane yokugcina ka-Joni Nuutinen iwumdlalo wamasu osuselwa ekuphendukeni obekwe esiqhingini saseGreece i-Leros oLwandle i-Aegean eduze kwaseTurkey.
Ngemuva kokuthi amaNtaliyane ephenduke izinhlangothi ngasekupheleni kuka-1943, amaNgisi aphuthumisa wonke umuntu esuka emabuthweni avamile aya emabuthweni awo akhethekile anolwazi kakhulu (i-Long Range Desert Group kanye ne-SAS/Special Boat Service) esiqhingini sase-Leros ukuze avikeleke ichweba laso elibalulekile lamanzi ajulile kanye nezindawo ezinkulu zemikhumbi yase-Italy kanye nezindiza. Lesi sinyathelo saseBrithani sasongela kokubili izizinda zikawoyela zaseRomania futhi salinga iTurkey ukuba ijoyine impi.
AmaJalimane kwadingeka athathe izintambo zokulawula le nqaba eyisihluthulelo, manje esesiphethwe yizo zombili ibutho laseBrits kanye nebutho lase-Italy, futhi ethule i-Operation Leopard. Okuwukuphela kwethuba lokunqoba kwaba ukuzulazula ngepharashuthi e-Fallschirmjäger (amasosha asemoyeni aseJalimane) aphakathi nendawo ewumngcingo kakhulu yesiqhingi ngenkathi futhi eqhuba ukuhlalwa phansi okuningana okuhlala emanzini ngosizo lwamabutho akhethekile aseBrandenburg kanye nama-Commandos Asolwandle aseJalimane.
Ukuhlalisa okuningana okuhleliwe kwehlulekile ngokuphelele noma ngokwengxenye, kodwa amaJalimane akwazile ukwakha amabhishi amabili... ngakho-ke ukwehla kwepharashute okwase kuvele kukhanseliwe, kwa-odwa kabusha ngaso leso sikhathi emzamweni wokuthola umfutho owengeziwe.
Uphawu olungokomlando olwathunyelwa uLieutenant Colonel John Easonsmith, umkhuzi we-Long Range Desert Group, phakathi nempi: “Konke okunzima kodwa sonke siyaqiniseka ukuthi umphumela uyoba khona uma amaJalimane engasekho.
Impi yaseLeros yayihlanganisa inani elingakaze libonwe lamabutho akhethekile e-WW2 alwa endaweni enjalo equkethwe. AmaNtaliyane ayene-MAS yawo edumile, amaNgisi ajikijela amalungu awo anolwazi olunzulu lwe-Long Range Desert Group kanye ne-SAS/SBS (Special Boat Service), kuyilapho amaJalimane ehambisa i-Marine Commandos, omakadebona be-parachute abasele, kanye nezinkampani ezihlukahlukene zaseBrandenburg, ezazidume kabi ngamasu azo ezilimi eziningi, ahlukahlukene adida abaphikisi bawo.
Ngenxa yesimo esingajwayelekile seziqhingi ezimangelengele (kuhlanganise namatheku ayisishiyagalolunye), ama-paratroop drops, kanye nokuhlala phansi okuningi, impi enzima, eshubile yashuba ngokushesha phakathi kwezintaba nezinqaba njengoba amabutho ahlukahlukene alwela ukulawula yonke indawo. Njengoba amahora ayedlula futhi ephenduka izinsuku ngaphandle kwekhefu ekulweni okushubile, izinhlangothi zombili zabona ukuthi le mpi yayizoba ucingo oluseduze kakhulu.
Ingabe unayo imizwa namandla okuguqula lesi simo esivusa amadlingozi sibe yimpumelelo yokugcina enkulu yaseJalimane ye-WW2?
"U-Leros uwile, ngemuva komshikashika omkhulu wokulwa nokuhlasela komoya. Bekuyinto eseduze phakathi kwempumelelo nokwehluleka. Bekukuncane kakhulu obekudingeka ukuze sivune thina futhi siphumelele."
- Umkhuzi-Mkhulu (C-in-C) weButho Lesishiyagalolunye LaseBrithani, uGeneral Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, wabika kuNdunankulu:
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Nov 28, 2025