Occupied Greece Fights Back: WWII’s Forgotten Battles
German AND British Airborne Invasion of Greece – 1941 & 1944 – WW2 Documentary
This video is about two operations during World War II, witness the German invasion of Greece during the Battle of Crete in 1941, known as Operation Merkur and Operation Marita, and the daring British airborne invasion of Greece in 1944, known as Operation Merkur. Experience the tension and bravery as British forces prepare for a critical mission, loading C-47 transport planes and gliders at a Mediterranean airfield. Follow along as troops precisely inspect equipment, including the Willys MB jeep, before boarding transport planes and Waco CG-4A gliders. As engines roar to life, witness the spectacle of planes and gliders taking off, towing gliders behind them towards their Greek destination. Experience the intensity of combat as paratroops leap into Greek skies and gliders make their descent, while vital supplies are dropped from the air to support ground forces.
00:00 German Airborne Invasion of Greece
01:22 British Airborne Invasion of Greece
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Thumbnail credits:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paratroopers_Crete_%2741.JPG
Source From collection of Wiki-Ed’s great uncle, probably traded
Author Arthur Conry (digitised and edited by Wiki-Ed) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wiki-Ed
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Video credits:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Invasion_of_Yugoslavia_and_Greece.ogv
Source U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece http://resources.ushmm.org/film/display/detail.php?file_num=0323
Author E. R. Kellogg (Office of the United States Chief of Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality)
https://archive.org/details/BPR-771
1944 U.S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations film no. 771, Airborne Invasion Of Greece.
Identifier BPR-771
Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0ht54192
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