What connects A to B’s replacement ?
A
B
The Guns of Navarone .
The novel ( and hence the movie ) was inspired by the Dodecanese campaign of WW II , an attempt by the British Forces to capture the Italian-held Dodecanese islands ( A ) in the Aegean Sea following the surrender of Italy in September 1943 . J Lee Thompson replaced Alexander Mackendrick ( B ) at the last moment as the director of the movie adaptation .
Arun’s was the only gun to hit bullseye . Salut !
The Guns of Navarone
The chap looks a bit like Alan Turing, so I will say the connection is Colossus, the code-breaking machine.
And of course the original Colossus was on the island of Rhodes.