ʻO Souda Bay, Crete: He Hale Koa

US Navy, Greek Military Dominate Area

ʻO ka mokupuni nui o Crete, ka mea nui loa i Helene, piha i nā wahiʻaneʻane o nāʻano a pau, mai nā kahakai a hiki i nā hale hoʻokipa, nā kumumanaʻo o nā kūpuna, nā kūlanakauhale kahiko, a me nāʻano i hoʻopiliʻoleʻia. Akā, aia kekahi hapa o Crete i kahi hoʻokipa kūikawā i kekahi mau malihini maiʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia, aʻo iaʻo Souda Bay.

ʻO Souda Bay ka pae o kahi hoʻonohonoho kaua US, US Naval Support Activity (NSA)ʻo Souda Bay, kahi e hoʻonohonoho ai i kahua no nā mokulele, nā moku, a me nā submarines.

Ua uhiʻia ia he mauʻeka he 110 a noho ma luna o ka moku ikaika nuiʻo Helene (Greek) ma kaʻaoʻao'ākau o Kerete. Ma kahi o 750 mau lālā o ka pūʻali a me nā maka'āinana ka mea e kākoʻo ana i nā mīkini US Navy a me US Air Force hōʻeuʻeuʻana, me nā hui likeʻole o ka Navy a me ka Air Force a me nā hana e pili ana i nā lāhui.

Ua haʻiʻiaʻo Souda Bay i ka pāhana media i ka makahiki 2012 o ka pōʻino ma Benghazi, Libia, i ka manawa i'ōlelo aiʻo Arizona Sen. John McCain no ke aha i loaʻaʻole ai ka hui wikiwiki i ke kumu, kahi 200 mile a mai ke kahakai mai o Libia . Uaʻikeʻo Cretans i kahi kokoke loa o Libya e pili ana i kaʻaoʻao hema o ke Kai Moana; ma ka papa inoa e kuhikuhi ana i nāʻaha kūkā,ʻo nā wai e holoi ana i kaʻaoʻao hema o Kerete,ʻo ia kekahi o nā "Liviakos," a me ke kai Libia.

Kahi o ka mokuʻo Souda

Aiaʻo Souda Bay ma kaʻaoʻao'ākau o ka mokupuniʻo Crete , kokoke i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Chania.

ʻO kēia wahi he mea nui loa ia, no ka mea,ʻo ia ka palena kokoke loa o Kerete a hiki i ka'āinaʻo Helene a me ke ala moana mai Italia a me nā awa'ē aʻe oʻEulopa.

Loaʻa i ka pae o Souda Bay

Ināʻaʻoleʻoe he lālāʻohana o kahi lawelawe lawelawe e lawelawe ana ma Souda Bay, hiki i ka palena ke palena. ʻO nā kahakai ka mea ma lalo o ka hoʻouka kauaʻana; i ka hui pū me US me ka Basehana Hellene Hellenic, aia kahi mokuʻo Hellenic ma Souda Bay.

ʻO ka awa hohonu i hoʻomaluʻiaʻo Souda Bay kahi i kūpono i nā makahiki he mau makahiki. Hiki i nā 'ōkapa e holoholo ana ma ke alanui National ke loaʻa nā kiʻi o ke kai kūʻono, a maikaʻi nā kauhale e nānā maikaʻi i ke kai kūʻono.

Nā Palekana Koa ma ka'Apana

Ma muli o kona kūlana koʻikoʻi,ʻo kēia kahi kahi o ka hakakā hakakā ma ka hoʻoili kauaʻana o Nazi iā Crete i ka makahiki 1941 i ka wā o "Kauaʻo Crete." Aia kahi ilina palemā Kelemānia ma Maleme, he mau mile ma kahi mamao aku mai Souda Bay. Aia kekahi hekupapaʻu kaua Allied a he mea hoʻomanaʻo i nā lālā o ka hae'Elekania Pelekania. Hoʻomaopopo pinepineʻia kēia mau hua e nā hua o nā mea lawelawe i hala aku i ko Crete.

Ināʻoe e hele

Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka nui o nā hale o ka moku i nāʻano kumu kūʻai ma nā wahi a puni o Chania, kokoke i nā ilili o nā kaua, a ma ka National Road, e holo ana i ka piko o Crete. E hele i Chania Airport Airport a laila e hoʻolimalima i kahi kaʻa aiʻole e lawe i nā halihali lehulehu i kou hokele a me Souda Bay.