The Battle of Crete during World War II. German Major General Kurt Student with German officers and soldiers in Crete. General Student meets a man in a field. General Student talks and salutes to some men while walking together. German troops stand behind a wall facing the Mediterranean Sea. View of the Mediterranean Sea from a beach in Crete, Greece. German infantry advance on Crete by foot, walking on rugged village and mountain roads. A German soldier mounts and rides a small horse. Bullet holes near the roundel of a downed British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft.
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. (World War II period).
Greek soldiers look on as a man places explosives in a hole. Explosion occurs. Soldiers survey the blast site. Caravan of soldiers and pack mules moves along a hillside.
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. (World War II period).
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. (World War II period).
At beginning the film shows a contingent of Greek Evzone military guards in formation, during World War 2, wearing traditional uniforms including short version of the fustanella. Other troops are at attention behind them. They are assembled in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece. A group of German officers led by German civilian official, Dr. Günther Altenburg, overseer of the Greek puppet government, walks past the troops. A German Waffen SS General, walking close to Altenburg renders the Nazi salute. Directly behind Altenburg, in uniform of a Lieutenant General, is Greek Prime Minister Georgios Tsolakoglou. Camera pans across the square showing troops in formation. Closeup of German army troops in formation. Glimpse from the rear as the officials pass the German formation and their leader renders Nazi salute. A closeup rear view of Dr. Altenburg and the Waffen SS General with him. View of officials standing before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the square. Front view as Greek Guards and German soldiers carry wreaths toward the tomb. View from rear as Dr. Altenburg participates in wreath laying. Next, he and the visiting officials stand before the tomb. All the uniformed military personnel render the Nazi salute. Greek Evzone military guards holding their unit flag.Then they march off the square.
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