{"id":165,"date":"2016-04-08T07:04:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T07:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travel-zone-greece.com\/blog\/?p=165"},"modified":"2022-04-18T12:02:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:02:42","slug":"the-battle-for-crete-and-the-alliance-with-australia-and-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travel-zone-greece.com\/blog\/the-battle-for-crete-and-the-alliance-with-australia-and-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"The battle for Crete and the alliance with Australia and New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The Battle for Crete was one of the most dramatic battles of the Second World War. Over 12 days in May 1941 a mixed force of New Zealanders, British, Australian and Greek troops desperately tried to fight off a huge German airborne assault. Despite suffering appalling casualties, the parachutists and glider-borne troops who led the invasion managed to secure a foothold on the island and eventually gained the upper hand. The battle ended with the evacuation to Egypt of the bulk of the Allied force.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/war\/the-battle-for-crete\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE&#8230;<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pagination\"><\/div>\n<p>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzhistory.net.nz\/war\/the-battle-for-crete\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0nzhistory.net.nz<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eaeaea; padding: 10px;\"><em><strong>Travel Zone has designed a special historic tour package dedicated to the Battle of Crete and the alliance of Crete, Australia and New Zealand! 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