Battle of Crete

When

20 May 1941 – 1 Jun 1941

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

35.50° N, 24.06° E

Description

1941 battle during WWII on the Greek island of Crete

War

World War II

Axis invasion of Crete during World War II

The Battle of Crete, codenamed Operation Mercury, was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island of Crete.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: The Battle of Crete begins, as Germany launches an airborne invasion of Crete, the first mainly airborne invasion in military history”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta endet mit der Eroberung der Insel durch die von italienischen Truppen unterstützte deutsche Wehrmacht”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de l'Axe à la bataille de Crète”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “На Крите капитулировал последний британский гарнизон в Ретимноне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “inicia la Operación Mercurio, la invasión de la isla griega de Creta por parte de la Wehrmacht”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000