WW2 · BATTLE SITE ·
Battle of Crete (1941)
On the WW2 map as “Fall of Crete”
May 1941 — The first invasion by air alone succeeds, but kills so many paratroopers Hitler never tries again.
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- Balkans and North African campaigns (chapter 5 of WW2)
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- The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945
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- Norse and Aztecs
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