"Poland" . . "1 cruiser crippled" . "Kingdom of Italy" . "113 aircraft lost" . . . "7,500 Germans" . . . "6 destroyers sunk" . "Republican State of Italy" . . "Dodecanese Campaign"@en . "10 minesweepers and coastal defense ships sunk" . "4 destroyers severely damaged" . . "4 submarines damaged" . "The Dodecanese Campaign of World War II was an attempt by Allied forces to capture the Italian-held Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea following the surrender of Italy in September 1943, and use them as bases against the German-controlled Balkans. Operating without air cover, the Allied effort failed, with the whole of the Dodecanese falling to the Germans within two months, and the Allies suffering heavy losses in men and ships."@en . . "5,300 British" . "55,000 Italians" . "3 cruisers heavily damaged" . "Italian:5,350 killed & wounded" . "3 submarines sunk" . "British:4,800 casualties" . . "44.391 POWs" . "Germanvictory" . "1943-11-22Z"^^ .