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

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 history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia. The Minoan civilization...

Crete (/kriːt/ KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th...

Operation Market Garden, Operation Overlord, the Battle of France, Battle of Crete, and the Battle of the Bulge. The game features several playable factions...

The Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot was a major battle of the Haitian Revolution that took place from 4 March until 24 March 1802. The battle took place at...

any future invasion attempts: "Crete was the grave of the German parachutists." After the battle of Crete in the summer of 1941, the Royal Navy regained...

cemeteries on Greek territory, one at Maleme on Crete containing 4,468 dead (mainly from the Battle of Crete), and another at Dionyssos-Rapendoza, containing...

brothers and paratroopers of the Luftwaffe who were killed in combat within hours of each other on 21 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete. Wolfgang Henner Peter...

The Battle of Maleme was one of three main battles that occurred in the Battle of Crete against the Fallschirmjäger, in the Nazi German Mediterranean...