 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwa 1942, pakurudziro yeuto, SOE yakaisa basa rayo rokutanga, rakanyorwa kuti Operation Harling, muGreece mukuedza kuvhiringidza njanji iyo yakanga ichishandiswa kutakura zvinhu kuGerman Panzer Army Africa. Boka raitungamirirwa naColonel akazova Brigadier Eddie Myers, achibatsirwa naChristopher Woodhouse, rakadonhedzwa muGreece ndokuwana mapoka maviri emagandanga aiita basa mumakomo: ELAS yaitsigira chiKomonisiti uye EDES yeRepublican. Musi wa 25 Mbudzi 1942, bato raMyers rakaputika chimwe chezvikamu zvechitima chechitima paGorgopotamos, chakatsigirwa ne150 maGreek partisans kubva kumasangano maviri aya avo vakabata maItaly vachidzivirira viaduct. Izvi zvakagura njanji yaibatanidza Thessaloniki neAthens nePiraeus. 