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Title
Rehearsal for Crete
Description
The issue in Greece was no longer in doubt; the last units of the Greek Army under Alexander Papagos had surrendered the day before. W Force was attempting to withdraw to evacuation points along the south coast of Greece. Columns …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1941-04-26
Scenario#
32
Scenario Description
The issue in Greece was no longer in doubt; the last units of the Greek Army under Alexander Papagos had surrendered the day before. W Force was attempting to withdraw to evacuation points along the south coast of Greece. Columns of the German Twelfth Army were converging on the ports to the east and west of Athens, determined to trap the retreating Allied forces. The only alternative evacuation points were the small ports in the fingers of the Peloponnesus. This greatly increased the importance of the narrow 1sthmus at Corinth with its lone bridge spanning the Corinth Canal. Brigadier General E. A. Lee, to whom fell the task of securing the bridge, gathered an ad hoc "1sthmus Force" composed of British, Australians, and even a few Greek die hards which was scattered on both sides of the canal. Although wired for demolition, the bridge commander was reluctant to destroy the bridge and thus doom the Allied units still fighting to the North near Marathon. At 7 AM Stukas and fighters attacked the bridge area knocking out most of the anti-aircraft defenses. Soon afterwards the silent approach of parachutes and gliders announced the start of the battle for the Corinth Bridge.
Location
Peloponnesus, Greece
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita) is the common name for the invasion of Allied Greece by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany during World War II. The Italian invasion in October 1940, which is usually known as the Greco-Italian War, was followed by the German invasion in April 1941. German landings on the island of Crete (May 1941) came after Allied forces had been defeated in mainland Greece. These battles were part of the greater Balkan Campaign of the Axis powers and their associates.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Greece
Combatants
German
British / Greek

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