THE BATTLE FOR CRETE, MAY 1941 - A German troop-carrying aircraft (JU-52) shot down by anti aircraft gunfire near Heraklion, Crete on 20 May 1941. Smoke and flames pour from the German plane as it loses altitude. On that morning 3000 German paratroops landed at Maleme, Rethymno, Chania and Heraklion German Air Force (Third Reich)

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