 Akoumianakis, known by his SOE code name "Minoan Mike," would later partake in the kidnapping of General Kreipe from Crete.Leigh Fermor has said of the Cretan resistance that if it had not been for their resolve, the Battle of Crete would have been over more quickly and the SOE's operations greatly curtailed.It was solely due to their cohesiveness, not found anywhere else in Europe, that the SOE was able to move about the island essentially at will