The Battle of 42nd Street, was a battle during World War II on the Greek island of Crete. After Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the codename Unternehmen Merkur ("Operation Mercury"), the German forces were bayonet charged by a rearguard of retreating Australian and New Zealand forces south-east of Canea.
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