WWII history in Crete

Sites from the Battle of Crete, which began on 20 May 1941 with the first invasion carried out mainly by airborne troops: the German cemetery at Maleme, the Commonwealth cemetery at Souda Bay, and museums on the resistance. Covers WWII-specific history, not earlier Venetian or Ottoman sites.

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