 Several hundred men and most of the few German heavy landing craft were lost; replacements were transported by rail, and it was not until 5 November that the Germans had assembled a fleet of 24 light infantry landing craft.To avoid interception by the Allied navies, they were dispersed among several Aegean islands and camouflaged.Despite Allied efforts to locate and sink the invasion fleet, as well as repeated shelling of the ports of German-held islands, the Germans suffered few losses and were able to assemble their invasion force, under "Generalleutnant" Müller, for "Unternehmen Taifun" (Operation Typhoon) on 12 November.