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	[[File:German Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete, 20 May 1941.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|German [[Fallschirmjäger]] landing on Crete, 20 May 1941; ''"Crete had great strategic importance in the Mediterranean. It has a central position in the Aegean and it is the largest of the islands in the eastern Mediterranean. The harbour at Suda Bay was the largest in the Mediterranean Sea and an ideal base for naval operations. Control of the island was desirable to both the British and Germans. For the British, it would give them even greater control of the Mediterranean and consolidate their control of the northern end of the Suez Canal. British bombers could also use the airfields to bomb the oil plants at Ploesti in Rumania. The Germans could use the base to attack British shipping in the area and disrupt the British use of the Suez. Crete could also be used as a stopping off point for men heading to the North African theatre of war."''<ref>[https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/war-in-the-mediterranean-sea/fall-of-crete/ ''Fall of Crete''], historylearningsite.co.uk</ref> ]]		[[File:German Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete, 20 May 1941.png\|thumb\|300px\|German [[Fallschirmjäger]] landing on Crete, 20 May 1941; ''"Crete had great strategic importance in the Mediterranean. It has a central position in the Aegean and it is the largest of the islands in the eastern Mediterranean. The harbour at Suda Bay was the largest in the Mediterranean Sea and an ideal base for naval operations. Control of the island was desirable to both the British and Germans. For the British, it would give them even greater control of the Mediterranean and consolidate their control of the northern end of the Suez Canal. British bombers could also use the airfields to bomb the oil plants at Ploesti in Rumania. The Germans could use the base to attack British shipping in the area and disrupt the British use of the Suez. Crete could also be used as a stopping off point for men heading to the North African theatre of war."''<ref>[https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/war-in-the-mediterranean-sea/fall-of-crete/ ''Fall of Crete''], historylearningsite.co.uk</ref> ]]
	The '''Battle of Crete''' ({{lang-de\|link=no\|Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta}}) was a battle on the [[Greece\|Greek]] island of [[Crete]] in May 1941. It was to be the largest airborne operation of [[World War II]] and the definite end of the [[Balkans campaign (World War II)\|Balkans campaign]].		The '''Battle of Crete''' ({{lang-de\|link=no\|Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta}}) was a battle on the [[Greece\|Greek]] island of [[Crete]] in May 1941. It was to be the largest airborne operation of [[World War II]] and the definite end of the [[Balkans campaign (World War II)\|Balkans campaign]].

	==History==		==History==
	[[File:Map of the German landing on Crete, May 1941.png\|thumb\|300px\|Map]]		[[File:Map of the German landing on Crete, May 1941.png\|thumb\|300px\|Map]]
	[[File:Fallschirmjäger, Unternehmen „Merkur“, Mai 1941.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|Battle observation]]		[[File:Fallschirmjäger, Unternehmen „Merkur“, Mai 1941.png\|thumb\|300px\|Battle observation]]
	[[File:Gefangennahme alliierter Soldaten durhc deutsche Fallschirmjäger auf Kreta.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|British POWs]]		[[File:Gefangennahme alliierter Soldaten durhc deutsche Fallschirmjäger auf Kreta.png\|thumb\|300px\|British POWs]]
	[[Balkans campaign (World War II)\|The Greek were defeated in April 1941]] and 57,000 Allied troops were evacuated by the [[Royal Navy]], most of them were sent to Crete. The Germans knew that they had to conquer this enemy base with it's harbours in the eastern Mediterranean. The [[Wehrmacht]] thought the garrison was lightly equipped and that the civil population would be friendly. Little did they know that over 42,000 troops from the United Kingdom (18,047), Greece (10,258 – 11,451), New Zealand (7,702) and Australia (6,540) awaited them, dug in well with artillery covering the island. Only 15,000 paratroopers (''Fallschirmjäger'') should be landed in three waves awaiting support from 14,000 mountain troops (''Gebirgsjäger'') within the next three day.		[[Balkans campaign (World War II)\|The Greek were defeated in April 1941]] and 57,000 Allied troops were evacuated by the [[Royal Navy]], most of them were sent to Crete. The Germans knew that they had to conquer this enemy base with it's harbours in the eastern Mediterranean. The [[Wehrmacht]] thought the garrison was lightly equipped and that the civil population would be friendly. Little did they know that over 42,000 troops from the United Kingdom (18,047), Greece (10,258 – 11,451), New Zealand (7,702) and Australia (6,540) awaited them, dug in well with artillery covering the island. Only 15,000 paratroopers (''Fallschirmjäger'') should be landed in three waves awaiting support from 14,000 mountain troops (''Gebirgsjäger'') within the next three day.

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	[[File:Gebrüder Blücher auf dem Soldaten Friedhof im Maleme, Kreta, neu.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|Gravestone ([[Von Blücher brothers\|Wolfgang and Hans-Joachim]]), German War Cemetery in Maleme, Crete]]		[[File:Gebrüder Blücher auf dem Soldaten Friedhof im Maleme, Kreta, neu.png\|thumb\|300px\|Gravestone ([[Von Blücher brothers\|Wolfgang and Hans-Joachim]]), German War Cemetery in Maleme, Crete]]
	[[File:Links das Kreta-Denkmal, rechts die Errichtung des zentralen Denkmals auf der Kriegsgräberstätte des Fallschirm-Jäger-Regimentes 1 vor Heraklion, 1941.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|On the left the famous Crete memorial (''Fallschirmjäger-Denkmal''), on the right the erection of the central memorial in the war cemetery of the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Fallschirm-J%C3%A4ger-Regiment_1 1st Parachute Regiment] near Heraklion, 1941]]		[[File:Links das Kreta-Denkmal, rechts die Errichtung des zentralen Denkmals auf der Kriegsgräberstätte des Fallschirm-Jäger-Regimentes 1 vor Heraklion, 1941.png\|thumb\|300px\|On the left the famous Crete memorial (''Fallschirmjäger-Denkmal''), on the right the erection of the central memorial in the war cemetery of the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Fallschirm-J%C3%A4ger-Regiment_1 1st Parachute Regiment] near Heraklion, 1941]]
	Prominent among the German dead were a [[Brothers von Blücher\|trio of Brothers]], relatives of the famous [[Prussia\|German-Prussian]] Field Marshal ([[Generalfeldmarschall]]) [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]]<ref>Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt; December 16, 1742 – September 12, 1819), Graf (Count), later elevated to Fürst (Prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian [[Generalfeldmarschall]] (field marshal) who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with the Duke of Wellington. He is honoured with a bust in the German [[Walhalla temple]] near Regensburg. The honorary citizen of Berlin, Hamburg and Rostock bore the nickname "Marschall Vorwärts" ("Marshal Forwards") because of his approach to warfare. A popular German idiom, "ran wie Blücher" ("charge like Blücher"), meaning that someone is taking very direct and aggressive action, in war or otherwise, refers to Blücher.		Prominent among the German dead were a [[Brothers von Blücher\|trio of Brothers]], relatives of the famous [[Prussia\|German-Prussian]] Field Marshal ([[Generalfeldmarschall]]) [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]]<ref>Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt; December 16, 1742 – September 12, 1819), Graf (Count), later elevated to Fürst (Prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian [[Generalfeldmarschall]] (field marshal) who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with the Duke of Wellington. He is honoured with a bust in the German [[Walhalla temple]] near Regensburg. The honorary citizen of Berlin, Hamburg and Rostock bore the nickname "Marschall Vorwärts" ("Marshal Forwards") because of his approach to warfare. A popular German idiom, "ran wie Blücher" ("charge like Blücher"), meaning that someone is taking very direct and aggressive action, in war or otherwise, refers to Blücher.
	</ref>, the hero of the [[Battle of Waterloo\|Waterloo]].		</ref>, the hero of the [[Battle of Waterloo\|Waterloo]].

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