HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete. On May 22 1941
Chief ERA William Fear was serving on cruiser HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete. On May 22 1941 the ship was attacked by numerous...
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Three German brothers who were killed within hours of each other during the Battle of Crete.
Wolfgang Graf von Blücher The Von Blücher brothers (German: Gebrüder von Blücher) were three German brothers and paratroopers of the...
The Germans execute a patriot on the beach of Rethymno because he defended his village.
The Germans execute a patriot on the beach of Rethymno because he defended his village. After the battle of Crete, paratroopers...
The Cretan girl made her wedding dress from a German parachute under the nose of the conquerors.
In 1941, Andriani Chalkiadaki, who lived in Rethymno, watched in horror as the all-armed German paratroopers fell in Crete. When the...
Sonia Stefanidou...The first Greek Ukrainian paratrooper to fight the Germans as a secret agent.
by, Nikos Giannopoulos historian. The first Greek paratrooper to fight the Germans as a secret agent. She enlisted in the commandos and...
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