Major General Sandy Thomas says poor leadership shown by Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force commanders on Crete directly led to the loss of the battle for the Mediterranean island in May 1941. Mr ...

In May 1941, Nazi Germany launched its first major airborne invasion, targeting the strategic island of Crete. As thousands ...

Australian Ambassador to Greece Alison Duncan joined dignitaries, descendants of veterans and local communities across Crete ...

Archive List > Books > Battle of Crete 1941 by Leonard Charles Eades This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Michael Maw of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Mrs Sheila ...

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 ...

Maleme airfield May 20,1941 Although the Fleet Air Arm airfield, with its aircraft and some of its FAA personnel, at Maleme,Crete had been turned over to the Royal Air Force on May 1,1941, the base ...

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Michael Maw of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Mrs Sheila Russell and has been added to the site with the authors permission. The ...