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  • Battle of Heraklion
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  • Heraklion was defended by the British 14th Infantry Brigade, augmented by the Australian 2/4th Battalion with attached 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment and the Greek 3rd, 7th and Garrison Battalions.
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Date
  • 1941-05-20
Commander
  • Brian Chappel
  • Bruno Bräuer
Caption
  • A stick of German paratroopers exiting from a Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft over the town of Heraklion during the German airborne assault on the north coast of Crete. The large smoke plume indicates the site of a German Ju 52, shot down by allied ground fire.
Result
  • German victory
combatant
  • Germany
  • Greece
Place
  • Heraklion, Crete
Conflict
  • Battle of Heraklion
abstract
  • Heraklion was defended by the British 14th Infantry Brigade, augmented by the Australian 2/4th Battalion with attached 2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment and the Greek 3rd, 7th and Garrison Battalions.