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The Battle of Crete took place from May 20 to June 1 1941 during World War II It began with an airborne assault by Nazi Germany on the Greek island of Crete It was the first major

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The only Greek territory remaining free by May 1941 was the large and strategically important island of Crete which was held by a large but weak Allied garrison consisting primarily of the combat

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The 5th Infantry Regiment Cretan captured a quantity of boxes with rifles light machine guns and ammunition from the Germans on May 21st in the Rethymno sector the German rifle ammunition

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In this article we ll go over the stories of Australian servicemen who experienced the evacuations from Greece and Crete firsthand

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The Battle of Crete also referred to as Battle for Crete took place from 20 May until 1 June 1941 between the Allied Forces and the Axis powers the Greek island of Crete was fiercely

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Crete s residents joined 40 000 British Greek Australian and New Zealand troops in defending the island often shooting down parachutes using their own rifles

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The German airborne invasion of Crete codenamed Operation Merkur led to the conquest of the Greek island after ferocious battles which led to thousands of men killed in action or wounded

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This was the start of what is known as the Battle for Crete For 12 dramatic days New Zealanders British Australian and Greek troops assisted by Cretan civilians tried to repel a huge airborne

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The defence of Crete consisted not only of forces of the British commonwealth but also of Greek forces as well a civilian cretans who willingly engaged in fighting the intruders Often with a brutality that