Controversial damaged Nazi-era memorial to the German paratroopers who invaded Crete in the Second World War, Chania

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The Fallschirmjäger memorial is a German war memorial for German parachutists who fell during the ten-day Battle of Crete in World War II. The memorial, known to Cretans as the German bird was erected in 1941 by the occupation forces

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Size: 5477px × 3651px
Location: Chania, Crete, Greece
Photo credit: © David Crossland / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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