When Germany overran Greece in 1941, one last Allied stronghold in the region remained: the island of Crete. With the Italian navy unable to guarantee control of the seas, Adolf Hitler turned to his ...
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From elite paratroopers to frozen infantry: How Hitler burned his best troops in Russia
After the costly airborne invasion of Crete, Germany’s elite paratroopers were pulled into the grinding war in the East, not as shock troops but as emergency reinforcements sent wherever the front was ...
Commandos: Origins – Shadows Over Crete brings you an exhilarating fully-voiced 4-mission campaign in the aftermath of Operation Mercury. Through the invasion of Crete by airborne forces, the Allied ...
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