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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The Battle of Crete was the first occasion where Fallschirmjäger (German paratroops) were used en masse, the first mainly airborne invasion in military history, the first time the Allies made significant use of intelligence from decrypted German messages from the Enigma machine, and the first time German troops encountered mass resistance from a civilian population.
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