Battle for Crete

22nd Battalion aircraft airfield Alexandria Aliakmon ammunition anti-aircraft army arrived artillery Athens attack Australian battle Belgrade Black Watch Blamey bombing Brigade British Bulgaria bullet caïque Canea Captain captured casualties coast Colonel command Company convoy counter-attack Cretan Crete cruisers dawn defence destroyers Division east enemy evacuation fighting fire Fleet Air Arm Florina force Franz Freyberg German gliders Greece Greek ground guns Headquarters heavy hill Hitler Inf Bn infantry Iraklion island Italian Khora Sfakion King landed later Lieutenant machine-guns Maleme Maoris Marines Metaxas miles Minister mortars mountain move naval navy night NZ Inf officer olive groves operation Papagos parachute parachutists paratroops patrol Perivolia planes Platanias platoon position prisoners Regiment Regt reported Rethimnon rifles road Royal Royal Marines Royal Navy sent ships shot signal soldiers Staff Stukas Suda Bay Sutton tanks Tavronitis told troops Turle village Wavell withdrawal wounded yards Yugoslav Zealand