Headhunting For Bloody Huns

The village of Modhion lay about a mile south of the coast road, midway between Maleme and Platanias. It was the home of a divisional field punishment unit,as well as an engineer unit which was dug-in on the hills around the village. The morning had dawned with Stuka dive bombers …

1941-05-20

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The village of Modhion lay about a mile south of the coast road, midway between Maleme and Platanias. It was the home of a divisional field punishment unit,as well as an engineer unit which was dug-in on the hills around the village. The morning had dawned with Stuka dive bombers attacking a nearby bridge. Shortly thereafter fallschirmjagers of Kompanie 10, forced well south of their drop zone by heavy AA fire, fell among the engineers' positions. The engineers picked off the parachutists as they landed, and to make matters worse, the villagers fell upon the paratroopers as they scrambled for their weapon canisters. Lt. W.J.T. Roach ordered the prisoners of the detention unit armed with all available weapons, and leading them to attack he shouted, "Let's go headhunting for bloody Huns!"

Modhion, Crete

The Battle of Crete was fought during the Second World War on the Greek island of Crete. It began on the morning of 20 May 1941, when Nazi Germany began an airborne invasion of Crete. Greek and other Allied forces, along with Cretan civilians, defended the island. After one day of fighting, the Germans had suffered heavy casualties and the Allied troops were confident that they would defeat the invasion. The next day, through communication failures, Allied tactical hesitation and German offensive operations, Maleme Airfield in western Crete fell, enabling the Germans to land reinforcements and overwhelm the defensive positions on the north of the island. Allied forces withdrew to the south coast. More than half were evacuated by the British Royal Navy and the remainder surrendered or joined the Cretan resistance. The defence of Crete evolved into a costly naval engagement; by the end of the campaign the Royal Navy's eastern Mediterranean strength had been reduced to only two battleships and three cruisers.

German

New Zealand / Partisan

Scenario Type = Deluxe