 The British agents, working with local resistance, were responsible for some famous operations including the abduction of General Heinrich Kreipe led by Leigh Fermor and Moss, the sabotage of Damasta led by Moss and the airfield sabotages of Heraklion and Kastelli.Communication between EOK and EAM was poor, with open hostility breaking out between EOK and ELAS ( (ΕΛΑΣ), the military wing of EAM, in January 1945 at the siege of Retimo.As Cretan fighters became better armed and more aggressive in 1944, the German troops pulled out of the country areas, having destroyed a number of villages in the Kedros area and executing many inhabitants, aiming to cow the Cretans.