Ultimate Blitzkrieg - The WW2 Battle of Crete Invasion (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

Ultimate Blitzkrieg - The WW2 Battle of Crete

Invasion (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

The invasion of Crete by German paratroopers in May 1941. Defending the island was 30,000 British, Australian and New Zealand troops supported by Greek partisans.

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Name	Known for
Peter Ewer Self - Author, 'Forgotten Anzacs' Self - Author, 'Forgotten Anzacs' See fewer	Ultimate Blitzkrieg - The WW2 Battle of Crete (2020)
Brad Manera Self - Anzac Memorial, Sydney Self - Anzac Memorial, Sydney See fewer	Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia (2011)
Andrew Lambert Self - King's College, London (as Prof. Andrew Lambert) Self - King's College, London (as Prof. Andrew Lambert) See fewer	World War One at Home (2014)
Matthew Hughes Self - Brunel University, London (as Prof. Matthew Hughes) Self - Brunel University, London (as Prof. Matthew Hughes) See fewer	Secrets of the Manor House (2012)
Antony Beevor Self - Author, 'Crete: The Battle and the Resistance' (as Anthony Beevor) Self - Author, 'Crete: The Battle and the Resistance' (as Anthony Beevor) See fewer	Roads to Freedom
John Spencer Hall Self - Author, 'Battle for Crete' Self - Author, 'Battle for Crete' See fewer	Ultimate Blitzkrieg - The WW2 Battle of Crete (2020)
Matthew Seligmann Self - Brunel University, London (as Prof. Matthew Seligmann) Self - Brunel University, London (as Prof. Matthew Seligmann) See fewer	Ultimate Blitzkrieg - The WW2 Battle of Crete (2020)
Heinz Richter Self - Author, 'Operation Merkur' (as Prof. Dr. Heinz Richter) Self - Author, 'Operation Merkur' (as Prof. Dr. Heinz Richter) See fewer	Ultimate Blitzkrieg - The WW2 Battle of Crete (2020)
Dimitris Skartsilakis Self - Collector Self - Collector See fewer	Ultimate Blitzkrieg - The WW2 Battle of Crete (2020)
Alf Carpenter Self - Aged 102 Self - Aged 102 See fewer	Ultimate Blitzkrieg - The WW2 Battle of Crete (2020)
Michael Sweet Self - Writer & Historian Self - Writer & Historian See fewer	Ultimate Blitzkrieg - The WW2 Battle of Crete (2020)
Christopher Pugsley Self - Author, 'A Bloody Road Home' Self - Author, 'A Bloody Road Home' See fewer	Field of Operations: The War in the Mediterranean (2020)
Jon Rand Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Hood: Outlaws & Legends (2021)
Leslie Andrew Self - New Zealand Officer (archive footage) Self - New Zealand Officer (archive footage) See fewer
Winston Churchill Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Bernard Freyberg Self - New Zealand General (archive footage) Self - New Zealand General (archive footage) See fewer	Queen in Malta (1954)
Felix Gaerte Self - Paratrooper, Interviewed 1991 (archive footage) Self - Paratrooper, Interviewed 1991 (archive footage) See fewer
Hermann Göring Self - Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) Self - Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
James Hargest Self - New Zealand Officer (archive footage) Self - New Zealand Officer (archive footage) See fewer
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
King Georgios II Self - King of Greece (archive footage) Self - King of Greece (archive footage) See fewer	Heroic Greece! (1941)
Benito Mussolini Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage) See fewer	Hundred Days (1935)
Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark Self - Prince of Greece and Denmark (archive footage) Self - Prince of Greece and Denmark (archive footage) See fewer
Edward Puttick Self - New Zealand Officer (archive footage) Self - New Zealand Officer (archive footage) See fewer
Kurt Student Self - German General (archive footage) Self - German General (archive footage) See fewer