Operation Harling

Operation Harling
Part of Axis occupation of Greece in World War II

The modern viaduct over the Gorgopotamos river
Date25 November 1942
Location
Result Allied success
Belligerents
ELAS
EDES
United Kingdom SOE
 Italy
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Eddie Myers
United Kingdom Chris Woodhouse
United Kingdom John Cooke
Aris Velouchiotis
Napoleon Zervas
?
Strength
ELAS: 86
EDES: 52
United Kingdom 12
Fascist Italy 100
Nazi Germany 5
Casualties and losses
United Kingdom 4 wounded ?

Operation Harling, also known as the Battle of Gorgopotamos (Greek: Μάχη του Γοργοποτάμου) in Greece, was a World War II mission by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), in cooperation with the Greek Resistance groups EDES and ELAS, which destroyed the heavily guarded Gorgopotamos viaduct in Central Greece on 25 November 1942. This was one of the first major sabotage acts in Axis-occupied Europe, and the beginning of a permanent British involvement with the Greek Resistance.