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German paratroopers jump to invade Crete in Greece during World War II.

The German invasion of Crete, Greece during World War II. An animated map of Europe shows distances from Crete island to the nearby coasts. A Nazi aircraft in a field. German soldiers look on at a map before invading Crete island. An officer briefs the soldiers. Men in a field as they work on guns and various other equipment. The equipment being loaded into an aircraft. Aircraft lined up in a field. Soldiers prepare to board the planes. A machine gun on a plane. Men board the aircraft. The aircraft are lined up. Smoke rises in the background. The planes in flight. A pilot in a cockpit works on controls. German Stukas in flight over houses and fields. Paratroopers jump from the planes. A Stuka shoots down a British aircraft. Aerial view of the city. A German plane lands in a field. Soldiers wearing life jackets board the flight. The aircraft in flight and a pilot in the cockpit of the plane. German paratroopers drop and land. Soldiers fire from behind the sand bag mounds. Damaged Nazi planes. Bullet hits on aircraft bodies. A plane parked in a field as soldiers walk past it.

Location: Crete Greece

Date: 1941

Duration: 10 min 22 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

German troops establish camp in Crete, Greece and paratroopers descend with the help of parachutes.

German campaign during The Battle of Crete. Troops establish camps in Crete. They open tents and light camp fires. Soldiers play cards inside one of the tents. They cook eggs in a small pan over a fire. A German officer speaks to the troops. Officers inspect an howitzer. The troops march. German troops and officers eat. Soldiers listen to the radio. Troops put on uniforms. German JU-52 aircraft taxi and take off. A fleet of aircraft in flight. Paratroopers descend via parachute.

Location: Crete Greece

Date: 1941, May

Duration: 6 min 1 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

German troops during the Battle of Crete.

German campaign in Crete. German troops patrol a captured city. Soldiers in military vehicles drive past on a road. Soldiers wait on a beach to board ships. A German officer checks documents. Troops in the captured city. Civilians on a street. German soldiers in position with guns. A British ship sinks.

Location: Crete Greece

Date: 1941, May

Duration: 3 min 43 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

Battle of Crete May 1941: German Junkers Ju 52 drop supplies and landing troops on Maleme Airfield

German airborne campaign against Crete in May 1941. German soldiers scan mountainous terrain through binoculars. German Junkers JU-52 transport aircraft in flight. Paratroopers descend. Supplies and equipment dropped from an aircraft. German soldiers open boxes. Junkers JU-52 parked on ground at Maleme airfield with soldiers in foreground. A German officer speaks to soldiers. Wounded German soldiers loaded aboard Junkers JU-52.

Location: Crete Greece

Date: 1941, May 20

Duration: 4 min 56 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

German troops fire at British troops and take prisoners during the The Battle of Crete in Greece.

Battle of Crete. German soldiers load supplies on donkeys and walk on streets of a captured city. German troops march along hillside. Troops advance uphill. Officers look at maps. German soldiers listen to a message on radio. A soldier gives hand signals. Germans fire howitzer at British troops. Explosion on the field below. Soldiers load and fire Howitzer. German aircraft drops bomb over target. Soldiers fire rifles. A German aircraft drops bombs over a British ship and buildings. British prisoners held at gunpoint. Prisoners march with hands on their heads. Troops march through captured city streets.

Location: Crete Greece

Date: 1941, May

Duration: 5 min 58 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

A German general visits wounded soldiers in a hospital and confers medals to soldiers following The Battle of Crete.

The Battle of Crete. An animation shows the island of Crete. Damage and wreckage in an attacked camp. Dead soldiers. Damaged vehicles. German troops march on a road. British flag brought down and German flag hoisted. Soldiers salute German officer. German officers look at a map on a table. A German General visits wounded soldiers in a hospital. He confers medals to the soldiers. The general pays homage to dead German soldiers. An epitaph on a German soldier's tombstone.

Location: Crete Greece

Date: 1941, May 28

Duration: 5 min 16 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

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