Battle of Crete order of battle information

The Battle of Crete (German: Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta, Greek: Μάχη της Κρήτης), codenamed Operation Mercury (German: Unternehmen Merkur), was a major...

is the complete order of battle for the Battle of Crete and related operations in 1941. Headquarters Creforce - (Eastern Zone, east of Chania) Major-General...

the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada, the north-western extremity of Crete. The battle occurred when an Allied squadron patrolling the Aegean encountered...

garrison and fortification of Crete. The Greek island of Crete was seized by the Axis after a fierce battle at the end of May 1941. The Germans occupied...

Heraklion The Battle of Heraklion was part of the Battle of Crete, fought during World War II on the Greek island of Crete between 20 and 30 May 1941....

Osprey. ISBN 978-1-4728-0690-1. Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). World War II Order of Battle. New York: Galahad Books. ISBN 0-88365-775-9. Web "World War II Divisional...

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in retaliation for the participation of Cretans in the Battle of Crete which had ended with the surrender of the island two days earlier. The massacre...

the war was Crete, the largest and most profitable of the overseas holdings of the Venetian Republic. The battle came after a squadron of Venetian ships...

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0559°E / 35.4819; 24.0559 The Battle of 42nd Street (27 May 1941) was fought during World War II on the Greek island of Crete. On 20 May, Nazi Germany launched...

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backwardness of our night battle technology. — Iachino The Italian fleet did not venture into the Eastern Mediterranean again until the fall of Crete two months...

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August Freiherr von der Heydte, considered by Germans to be a hero of the Battle of Crete. It was the German paratroopers' only nighttime drop during World...

on August 19, 1942. The following order of battle lists the significant military units that participated in the battle, or were available as reserve. The...

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atrocious war crimes committed during the occupation of Crete by Axis forces in World War II. The Battle of Crete began on 20 May 1941 with a large-scale airborne...

information on the British order of battle as the Government Code and Cypher School (GC & CS) Ultra decrypts revealed of the Axis equivalents. In October...

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