German campaign in Balkans and Crete, Greece. Preparations for The Battle of Crete. German soldiers en route to Balkans pass through Hungary and Romania. The troops march with rifles in hands. Soldiers look out of train windows, read books, and converse. German troops get off the train in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. An animation shows the route of the train. Soldiers prepare vegetables and cook food. Troops look out of train windows and wave at civilians. (World War II period).
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).
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).
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 radio operators in the field wear headphones and communicate 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).
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).
Hermann Goering shakes hands with officers, congratulating them following the Battle of Crete. German troops march led by a band. Women wave from buildings. Troops march on a street. People give Nazi salute. (World War II period).
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