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The Fallschirmjäger memorial (German: Fallschirmjäger-Denkmal) 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 (Greek: Γερμανικό πουλί, Germaniko pouli) or the Evil bird (Greek: Κακό πουλί, Kako pouli), was ...
The Missiria executions (Greek: Εκτελέσεις στα Μισίρια), also referred to as Perivolia executions (Greek: Εκτελέσεις στα Περιβόλια), was the mass execution by firing squad of Greek civilians on the beach of Missiria in Rethymno, Crete, Greece by German paratroopers on 23 and 24 May 1941 during World War II.
The Battle of Crete (German: Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta, Greek: Μάχη της Κρήτης), codenamed Operation Mercury (German: Unternehmen Merkur), was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island of Crete. It began on the morning of 20 May 1941, with multiple German airborne landings on Crete.
A paratroop crew firing a mortar Burning German Junkers Ju 52s at Ypenburg, Netherlands, in 1940 Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete in 1941 German paratroopers prepare to be flown to the Greek island of Leros in 1943 Fallschirmjäger paratroopers at Kondomari, Crete, confronting Cretan Greek villagers Mass murder of Cretan Greek male civilians in Kondomari, Crete by Fallschirmjäger ...
In 1940 the Battle of France (10 May – 25 June 1940) played a predominant role, in 1941 the Battle of Crete (20 May – 1 June 1941), and in 1944 the Battle of Monte Cassino (17 January – 18 May 1944) in Italy and the Allied Invasion of Normandy (6 June 1944 – mid-July 1944) dominated the events for the Fallschirmjäger. The presentations ...
The Battle of Maleme was one of three main battles that occurred in the Battle of Crete against the Fallschirmjäger, in the Nazi German Mediterranean campaign in 1941. The overall plan was to conquer Crete as part of Operation Merkur, with German Paratroopers landing in three main areas, Heraklion, Maleme and Rethymno.
1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment Oberst Bruno Bräuer, Capt. Rau, Capt. Count von der Schulenburg [11] 1st Battalion (Major Erich Walther), 2nd Battalion (Hauptmann Burckhardt), 3rd Battalion (Major Karl-Lothar Schulz) Heraklion 2nd Fallschirmjäger Regiment Oberst Alfred Sturm, Maj. Schulz, Capt. Paul [11]
Kurt Arthur Benno Student (12 May 1890 – 1 July 1978) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II.An early pioneer of airborne forces, Student was in overall command of developing a paratrooper force to be known as the Fallschirmjäger, and as the most senior member of the Fallschirmjäger, commanded it throughout the war.