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Hi,
Colleagues,
Found information about the Kriegsmarine operation unknown to me in 1944:

Early in June, as has been recorded already, the Allies landed in Normandy, but this momentous event had little effect in the Aegean. More important to this area was what was happening on the eastern front. Here during May, the Red Army had recaptured Sevastopol and the Germans had evacuated the Crimea. As a result the Germans wished to use the ships no longer required to supply the forces in the Crimea, in the Aegean, where they would now be of more use to them. On 26th May, a transport and five trawlers passed through the Dardanelles followed by fifteen ships totalling some 7000 tons which more than made up for the losses during 1943 by the enemy from all causes in the Aegean. At the time there were no submarines on patrol off the Dardanelles or in the northern Aegean and all the German ships reached Greek ports safely. The Germans lost no time in using them to resupply their garrisons in Crete and the Aegean.
https://www.rnsubmusfriends.org.uk/hezlet/volume1/chapter27.htm

Please, if possible, clarify the timing of the operation, the name and tonnage of the ships sent to the Aegean Sea.

cam