The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone is a classic movie, starring Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn. It is based on the book of Alistair MacLean. The story is about the efforts of an Allied commando unit to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea. According to Nikolaos Suladakis, this story and spot is based on the battery and observation post, constructed by the German occupying forces during WW2, here at the tip of the Rodopou peninsula, at cape Spatha, in Crete. From this spot, a gun position was overlooking the Aegean Sea and controlling the naval routes. The whole area is still littered with wartime artifacts, including shells from the guns located at this battery position. The Greek authorities decided to promote the emerging tourism industry at the island of Rhodes, and as such, the film was shot in that island and not here in Crete. 

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