New Research Tracks Ancient Artifacts Looted by the Nazis
Scholars are increasingly focusing attention on the seizure and excavation of antiquities from Greece and other countries by German forces during World War II.
Source: nytimes.com
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Royal Navy evacuates Allied forces in Crete
(May 28, 2021) This week, 80 years ago, the Royal Navy began evacuating Allied forces from the Greek island of Crete, after having failed to stanch the German airborne invasion.
Source: oceancitytoday.com
Invasion of Crete: The First (and Only) Major German Airborne Operation of World War II
Invasion of Crete: The First (and Only) Major German Airborne Operation of World War II Emboldened by previous successes, the Germans launched Operation Mercury, dropping thousands of paratroopers onto the defended island of Crete. Heres What You Need to Know: The Germans would the triumph at Crete, but their victory was bittersweet. By May 1941, the German Luftwaffe’s fortunes had risen to great heights and plummeted to equally startling depths in the course of a single year of blitzkrieg w...
Source: nationalinterest.org