Elderly survivors of the Battle of Crete, which involved more than 10,000 Australian and New Zealand soldiers, continue to be ...

Greek community leaders and Cretan organisations across Australia have marked the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Crete ...

Witness the dramatic airborne invasion of Crete in Operation Mercury, where German paratroopers faced fierce resistance from Allied troops and determined civilians. This chapter details the intense ...

In May 1941, Germany launched the Battle of Crete, the largest airborne assault the world had ever seen. Thousands of paratroopers and glider troops descended on the island expecting a rapid victory.

In the centre of a sweltering, cavernous hall, rows of men sit in silence with nothing to occupy them but the wait. Signs from an old tourist fair propped up behind them urge visitors to "Explore the ...

In Rethymno, on the Greek island of Crete, the beach stretches east from the old town to the suburb of Perivolia. Here, close ...

The Australian Hellenic Memorial Foundation held a wreath-laying ceremony in Melbourne on Saturday, 23 June, to commemorate ...

20/5/1941. Under the code name 'Operation Mercury', Germany begins the airborne invasion of Crete. But the Nazis' estimations for an easy victory prove wrong. A throwback to the legendary Battle of ...