Every fact in our world's history is a result of human actions. The greatest war of all times hides secret agreements, political interests, profits and actions of human beings. In this short article we will analyze and see which people played the most important role and those behind the scenes. Hitler and Axis forces are slowly occupying Europe. Since...
May 20th 1941: The German invasion begins
On 20 May 1941 the Germans activated the operation "Mercury". Landing among or near concealed the allies defensive positions, the paratroops and the glider's staff suffered extremely heavy casualties. Survivors of the battle managed to establish a foothold on the island, but at the end of the first day the German position was...
Early in the morning bombers are hitting the island hard for hours! And then silence... Suddenly the sky is full of multi-color parachutes. Soldiers looked like puppets! The people of Crete and its defenders could not believe that this is true! It was 20th of May 1941. This was the start of what is known as the Battle for...
The previous Friday I was lucky to meet four extraordinary people and tour with them around the battlefields of Chania. These two couples from Australia and New Zealand made my day!!
We started from the area of Maleme, as usual and we spent more than 1.5 hour on the hill 107, right above the airfield of Maleme, where the German...
Tour Highlights
Visit the Maleme airfield from above and Tavronitis historical bridge
Discover the battle of Galatas
War monuments around the area of the battle
Explore the WWII exhibitions in small museums and secret shelters
Visit the German and Allies war cemeteries
Ports and key locations of South Crete
Discover the great escape of the allies after the battle
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