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Hitler’s greatest gamble: The airborne invasion of Crete that nearly ended German paratroopers
In May 1941, Germany launched the first full-scale airborne invasion in history, attempting to seize the island of Crete entirely from the sky. Gliders and paratroopers descended onto airfields under ...
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 ...
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