The success of the operation was put into question several months after its conclusion . The outcome came to be seen as a symbolic propaganda victory rather than a strategic one . The relatively harmless Kreipe was replaced by Müller who ordered a series of large scale reprisals against the civilian population of the island known as Holocaust of Kedros . The operation entered popular imagination through the biographical works of the several of its participants , most notably Moss 's book Ill Met by Moonlight
Holocaust of Kedros
Holocaust of Kedros
Kidnap of Heinrich Kreipe