View towards Maleme Airfield from Hill 107

This gives you some perspective of the terrain they were fighting over, with the airfiel runway visible behind the trees. The blue sky in the background would have been black with planes and falling paratroopers.

The Men of Malame

August 10th 2006
Todays blog is going to be quite different from the usual travel updates as it summarises my trip and experience in visiting the battlefields and war cemetaries of the Battle of Crete. It will involve a bit of a historical context to begin with and will probably be quite long, so perhaps you could find time to read it later. I think I will start with explaining just what went on during the battle, ... read more

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more

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