Dennis Ciclitira

Dennis John Ciclitira (Girkanci; 11 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1918 - 9 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 2000) sojan Burtaniya ne kuma ɗan kasuwa na zuriyar Girka.

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

An haifi Ciclitira a Patras, Girka, amma iyalinsa sun yi hijira zuwa Ingila, sun zauna a Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex . Mahaifinsa Demosthenes ya kafa kamfani da ke shigo da busassun 'ya'yan itace. Ciclitira ta yi karatu a Makarantar Wycliffe sannan aka tura ta Girka don koyon kasuwancin iyali.

Ayyukan soja a Yaƙin Duniya na II

A cikin 1939 Ciclitira ya shiga cikin Sojojin Yankin, yana aiki a cikin 2/4th Essex Regiment, kafin ya kammala karatu daga Ofishin Horar da Jami'in Cadet kuma an ba shi izini a matsayin mataimakin na biyu a cikin Kudancin Staffordshire Regiment a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 1940.

Bayan shekaru biyu tare da Kudancin Staffordshire Regiment, Ciclitira ya ba da kansa don yin aiki tare da Babban Jami'in Ayyuka na Musamman, kuma a watan Oktoba 1942 an sanya shi zuwa "Force 133", sashin SOE na Cretan, wanda ke zaune a Alkahira. Shi ne ke da alhakin shirya isar da makamai da kayayyaki a asirce ga masu adawa da Crete, da kuma fitar da wadanda suka zama masu haɗari sosai don su kasance. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1943 Ciclitira ya karbi ragamar Xan Fielding a matsayin kwamandan ayyukan SOE a yammacin tsibirin Crete, yana aiki daga wani dutse kusa da Canea. A watan Mayu 1944, bayan sace Janar Kreipe, Ciclitira ya shirya kwashe Patrick Leigh Fermor, W. Stanley Moss, da kuma wadanda aka kama su ta hanyar Motor Launch, kuma ya sadu da su a wani rairayin bakin teku mai nisa a bakin tekun kudu. Kamar dai yadda Leigh Fermor da Moss suka fahimci cewa babu wanda ya san isasshen Morse don yin lambar ganewa daidai Ciclitira ya isa, bayan an umarce shi ya koma Alkahira, ya ɗauki fitilar, ya kira su "wawaye masu jini", kuma ya yi siginar da ta dace.

Ciclitira ya koma tsibirin Krita a watan Satumbar 1944, ya kasance a can har zuwa karshen yakin. A watan Maris na shekara ta 1945, ya tattauna musayar fursunoni, ya musanya fursunonin Jamus 36 ga 'yan Krita 12, ciki har da Konstantinos Mitsotakis, daga baya Firayim Minista na Girka. A ranar 8 ga Mayu 1945, Ranar V-E, Ciclitira ya shirya Janar-Major Hans-Georg Benthack don mika dukkan sojojin Jamus a tsibirin ga Manjo-Janar Colin Callander.

Ayyukan bayan yaƙi

A ranar 23 ga Mayu 1946, Ciclitira ta sami ambaton a cikin sakonni "don nuna godiya ga ayyukan da suka dace a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bahar Rum".

Mahaifinsa ya mutu a 1943, Ciclitira da ɗan'uwansa John sun farfado da kasuwancin iyali a ƙarshen shekarun 1950, sun kafa Demos Ciclitira Ltd. Kamfanin ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu shigo da busassun 'ya'yan itace na Burtaniya, da sauran samfuran. Dan dan Ciclitira Andrew ne ya gudanar da shi har zuwa rasuwarsa a watan Disamba na 2020; Shugaban Kamfanin yanzu ɗan'uwan Andrew ne David.[1]

Dennis Ciclitira ya mutu a ranar 9 ga Yuni 2000.