In much the same way as Dunkirk, the Battle of Crete was an event of heroism during a retreat. Angus Konstam has presented a battle that took place on the Eastern Front of World War II in 1941, but ...

In May 1941, Nazi Germany launched its first major airborne invasion, targeting the strategic island of Crete. As thousands of paratroopers descended on the western coast, Allied forces scrambled to ...

With mainland Greece under their occupation, the Germans now plan the airborne invasion of Crete - an easy victory, they estimate. But they haven’t considered the Allies’ secret 'weapon', nor the ...

Here are a few key highlights to round things out about the Admiral International Films, IFI Producción S.A., Art Films drama flick. At the Battle of Crete starring Christos Politis, Stephanos ...

Their decades-long quest to have a memorial built on the island by the Greek government dedicated to the Allies, including four Australian battalions – the 2/7th, 2/8th, 2/1st and 2/11th – which were ...

One of the last remaining Anzacs, Alf Carpenter. He fought in the battle of Crete in 1941. Alf Carpenter with a Polish soldier (right) in 1940. Corp Catley, Alf Carpenter and Private Jim Staples in ...

WW2 game Post Scriptum has a brand new map set in one of the lesser-known battlefields of the war: the island of Crete, which was the site of a heated showdown between Allied and Axis forces in May ...