General James Van Fleet of the U.S. Army during the Greek Civil War. General Van Fleet along with his subordinates demonstrates positions by marking pointers on a Grrek map. News correspondents take notes.
The arrival of Archbishop Makarios III in Athens. Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus arrives in Athens after being released from British exile. Officers escort the archbishop at an airport. A large crowd of civilians gathered on either sides of the streets. They greet the archbishop as he moves in a motorcade through the streets.
German campaign in Crete during World War II. German troops patrol the captured city of Crete. German soldiers in military vehicles drive on a road. German soldiers capture surrendered British soldiers with their hands held high. The British prisoners of war are seen being marched on a beach. British soldier prisoners of war wait on beaches and in encampments under Nazi German guard. A German officer reviews documents. German forces hand out food to British prisoners and a German medic bandages the hand of a British soldier. Citizens in Crete gathered outside a hotel where German officers stand on balcony and address the crowd. German troops in the captured city setup gun emplacements to guard the city. Two mostly sunken ships off the coast of Crete.
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).
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. (World War II period).
Smoke rises from an airfield during the Battle of Crete in World War II. German troops advance on rugged terrain in Crete away from airfield after landing in troop carrier planes. A German Luftwaffe aircraft takes off from the captured Maleme airfield, west of Chania.