don smith yeah lets imagine a Hollywood one, the main actor is some american guy in the middle of the Australian forces, for no reason. Then the attack starts and he takes an AA and destroys 5 bf110 with just one nuclear H bomb Hyperadiactive bullet that destroys the entire plane as if it were a pjece of paper, then, some paratroopers would be able to land, so our american guy, who have only his 9mm caliber gun, go and charge the paratroopers, who are german so are idiot and start running and escaping and screaming like pussies while our american Captain Hero take them all with just few shots. After all the battle itself, some pretty sexy chick appear from nowhere and open her legs to the Captain America Hero and they return to America and get married and well, I have just written just another Hollywood movie
Lmao. This is true. The main actor would be Chris Pratt or Channing Tatum. I would highly recommend the book "Snow and Steel" about the battle of the bulge (aka the Ardennes Offensive) for those of you who would like to see things a bit more from the german side. Many of them were good men and excellent fighters, and most of the time at a very young age, they didn't really understand that the cause they were fighting for was an evil one.
As a Cretan and a collector and a history buff, all I have to say is a big thank you!! This battle deserves to be made into good movie! It would be epic... And I wish there were more videos about the Battle of Crete! Keep it up mate!
I've been there myself last summer and all museums have been closed and all memorials have been abondend, the only 2 things still cared about is the German graveyard wich is taken care off by the German government and a private museum somewhere in the mountain.
Cat Slave , ok, if you mean that there should be celebrations or parades and staff then yes they don't. But the battle is memorable and people mentions it and speak of it on tv documentaries or radio etc in whole Greece. I haven't been to Crete at the specific day and I don't know what exactly they are doing (visiting the graveyards or something) but it isn't that they don't care. The state should do more though if you want my opinion.
My uncle was part of the 5000 men that couldn't be evacuated off the island and was captured. He spent the rest of the war in Stalag 18a in Austria until he died during a Russian bombing raid Dec. 20 1944 . The germans paratroopers had heavy losses largely due to their weapons being in canisters which they had to retrieve unarmed . The allies on Crete where begging England for more equipment especially fighters as there where only a few and new the invasion was going to happen since Greece was occupied. It never came . Thanks for the video explaining the stages of the battle .Very well done.
the music and the camera shots are what did it even though the music wasn't yours it did a good job ramping up the tension without being obtrusive upon the video
Excellent video!! I am from Heraklion Crete! After two days from Maleme the german paratroopers came to Heraklion and made the invasion from a place called Karteros very near to Heraklion!! The mission had a code name "Mercur" «Unternehmen Mercur» Is the only success invacion in war history that made only from airborn troops!!
Seems to me they coulda used those Bf-110’s to come in first to strafe the AAA sites and bomb targets BEFORE sending in Ju-52 transports with the Fallschirmjagers...
The RAF had 185 Squadron (fighters) based at Maleme airfield and they were tasked with defending Crete. Unfortunately they were equipped with the Brewster Buffalo Mark.I. (B-339 E) which differed from the version flown successfully by the Fins (B-239). To maximize profits by cutting costs, Brewster had bought up and installed already clapped out ex-commercial DC-3 and DC-4 airliner engines then sold the fighters to the Dutch and British. This profiteering by Brewster proved to contribute to the German success over Crete as all the Buffaloes in 185 Squadron were grounded with engine problems apart from one, which took off the morning of the attack on patrol, made it 20 miles from the base, suffered a massive engine power loss when the engine decided to self destruct and had to turn back. The Buffalo crashed on landing at the airfield and flipped over, however the pilot escaped unharmed as the plane unusually had a roll bar fitted in its design. This crash ended any hope of even token fighter defence of Crete. This overturned crashed Buffalo is featured in a German propaganda film shot of a Ju-52 swooping in to land on the runway over the top of it following the securing of Maleme airfield. Had 185 Squadron been equipped with Gladiators, Hurricanes, P-36 Hawks, P-40 Tomahawks, etc. the German's would have most likely attacked in a different way.
33 and 80 squadrons were both based out of Maleme, but the constant air attacks leading up to 20th May left them with 1 hurricane (W9298) between the two squadrons, which was ordered back to Egypt the day before the invasion. The incident with the Buffalo was actually a Naval Gladiator, and happened on the 14th May not the 20th
Despite any historical shortcomings in the video, the compelling imagery does a great job of getting people thinking about the history of this benchmark of airborne warfare. I have always been fascinated with the struggle of World War II. This really makes me want to research and find answers to the questions so many in this conversation are asking.
Excellent video! One can admire the Germans’ tenacity since things went sideways. I remember in the school library they had the Time/Life Third Reich series of books. One of them was mainly about Crete. That set of books was excellent and got me into collecting. I would have went nuts over a video like this.
I met a former German paratrooper in 1994 at the 50th Anniversary of the D Day Landings. He was with the 6th Fallschirmjäger. He had jumped into Crete, his first combat jump. He also participated in the Fort Eben-Emael operation. He had also earned a Knights Cross for actions in Normandy. I remember interviewing him and said to myself, "There are those who would kill to be in my shoes right now." I was part of a US Army Military History Detachment (MHD). Earlier that day, veterans of the 90th Infantry Division of WWII were invited to attend a service at the German Military Cemetery. It is just as somber as the American Cemetery in Normandy. Like in the American cemetery, you will see headstones that say, "III Soldiers Unknown," or "V Soldiers Unknown." During the ceremony, the German veterans asked the American veterans if they could "now be friends." Upon saying that, the German veterans walked over to the Americans to shake their hands and introduce themselves. Needless to say, it was a very emotional experience for the veterans from both sides. Best duty I ever had.
The Crete disaster helped the allies in trying to avoid it happening to them. However, the airborne invasion of sicily and the rhine drop in 1945 were still costly for the allied airborne forces. The us assault on corregidor was perhaps the most potentially costly but succrsful contested air assault, that you never hear about, an ultra low drop(like crete) onto an ultra small drop zone. AATW!
Most people don’t know that this all happened because British Intelligence had found out where and when Germany was going to mount an Assault. That is the main reason that Germany lost so many troops in this battle. I’ll just say: Enigma
CePoC Germany I know that. I didn't say he wasn't brave. And I am not referring to your grandfather specifically but rather to the many Germans that supported the Nazi party and never opposed to Hitlers mad demands with the outcome of billions of innocent people (even children and babies) been brutally killed. Have you ever heard about Kandanos (Κάνδανος) or Kalavrita (Καλάβρυτα) or Distomo (Δίστομο) and another 90 cities and villages only at Greece? Those soldiers weren't "forced" to do that shit.
My favorite airplane was/is still junker JU52's..was also used in the film 'Where eagles dare ' one of my favourite film to date I saw it so many times..it was a perfect war time movie todate..best of regards from paradise fiji
The Allies in this battle retreated due to poor communication and the inability of the commander to lead from the front. In addition, the Greeks on the island had weapons that could not be resupplied with British munitions. Otherwise, the outcome could have been very different.
Jurjen de Boer To take out the AA, the Germans needed to launch a sea borne operation. Using airborne soldiers and heavy use of air support would be far more effective and less costly
but in the video we see bf110s to support the paratroopers. couldn't they just take out the AA first? the bf110s are a much harder target for AA than the slow ju52s which also have like 30 people inside
Jurjen de Boer Well they may not have known the positions of the enemy artillery. Luftwaffe aircraft would have softened up the target areas beforehand, but it would be impossible to destroy all enemy resistance.
pioneers of airborne operations, absolutely.. but the best? i don't think so, they only truly excelled in non-airborne operations, and even then, they always sustained insanely high casualties all throughout the war. perhaps not as pathetic of losses as the british airborne forces but i certainly wouldn't call them "the best the world has ever seen". admirable in their own way, that they were so brave and courageous in a form of combat that had never been done before, but let's not pretend that they did much of any good anywhere besides in Italy.
@@lindsaygraham5687 low altitude parachute extraction system Though iirc the Germans did develop and use LAPES in WW2 that does not appear to be the case here: they just dumped the cannisters out because they were flying low and the goods could easily take the beating since they were packaged up in metal cannisters (and padding).
Nice production, remembering a great ANZAC and Commonwealth struggle. What a great thing it's all a memory and not a reality for this generation. My grandfather lost his arm in France, while Dad (RANVR) landed US Marines up the Pacific Islands.
I spent about ten days on Crete. This video portrays the terrain as flat, and green, but what I saw of the island, was rocky and quite mountainous--far more difficult for paratroopers. Maybe there is a more remote part of the island that resembles the plain in the video, but I can't say that I remember it.
Wrong on the parachutes, I'm afraid. The Fallschirmjäger used a truly terrible parachute which forced the paratrooper to go as the wind carried him - he didn't have straps with which to control his descent - and somersault as he landed. He couldn't carry weapons with him and they had to be dropped separately. Oddly enough the Luftwaffe had normal parachutes, but the Fallschirmjäger were never equipped with them.
Yes. We learnt this when I did my parachute course in the Australian Army in the 70's. I seem to remember the Fallschirmjager chutes did not have a centre vent, causing greater oscillations. The F., being suspended from a single point rather than 4 liftwebs was totally at the mercy of the wind being unable to turn into wind to reduce ground speed.
The Fallschirmjägers were the best soldiers of the Second World War without a doubt, their feats are incredible to believe, what resistance they had, beating the enemy of different nationalities they faced, only the numerical superiority and lack of supplies could against them, regards from Mexico!
4:08 It must be horrifying in real life to be that last guy who survived the jump out of that plane , knowing that people whom you looked at five seconds ago are now dead.
Jumped some bad DZs as one of Uncle Sam's airborne infantry over the years but the pics I've seen of the Cretan ones were absolutely incredible. Its wonder they didn't suffer more losses from jump injuries then they did (which were high indeed). Fallschrimjager also did not jump in firearms other than handguns unlike what is pictured here. They had to get to fallschrimbombes (the canisters shown being dumped out of the Ju52s) which even had their personal weapons. Many of their combat losses were b/c they were almost unarmed when counter attacking locals & Kiwis made early contact. Once they organized however, they started overrunning their objectives rather quickly as Imperial command was disorganized and hesitant. The various Allied forces on the island far outnumbered the Germans but German training and initiative, just like at Eban Emal, Norway, and throughout the 1940 campaign in France usually made up for their own command inefficiencies. Hitler took the wrong lesson from this campaign while both the UK & US realized the huge potential of the airborne forces when used properly.
IL-2. GREAT work GREAT video about such an awesome WWII event! Maybe do a video about the German airborne invasion of the Eban Emiel Fortress in Belgium in 1940. Also the Soviets vs. Japanese at the Battle of Kahlkin Gold in August 1939.
Another excellent animation. One minor note , animation of the Fallschirmjäger is incorrect, Fallschirmjäger dropped with one strap to the back, not with two straps. Keep up the good work!
If anyone is interested in testing their luck & seeing if they could do better on whichever side there is an old board game from Avalon Hill called Air assault on Crete with a variant/what if scenario of air assault on Malta. It just wasn't the paratroops that got decimated. The air fleet was devastated here and on the air routes from Sicily to North Africa.
Not suprised that the germans didn't use fallshmijagers that way anymore... They were the ELITE and got slaughtered like this and those who survived had a little chance of survival after landing. I must say that I respect these brave men...(germans and allies)
Operation mercury was very costly German military operation resulting in heavy losses with ju 52 transports and paratroopers trying to take island of Crete. German troops eventually overwhelmed the allied garrison on Crete though Hitler and his general staff called off any future German airborne drops during ww2. Operation mercury was one of the most action packed episodes of ww2, the battle would make a good movie
The allies were expecting any invasion force to be by sea not by air so they were not equipped properly to deal with how the Germans actually invaded and were quickly overrun.
Great Graphics Great Video The Germans were the First in the World to use Airborne Operations every other country in the world copy their methods and tactics
From what I heard H-man was VERY unhappy with the results (I.E. high casualties) and never wanted the German High command to launch another large scale airborne operation.
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This airborne invasion needs to be turned into a movie.
don smith yeah lets imagine a Hollywood one, the main actor is some american guy in the middle of the Australian forces, for no reason. Then the attack starts and he takes an AA and destroys 5 bf110 with just one nuclear H bomb Hyperadiactive bullet that destroys the entire plane as if it were a pjece of paper, then, some paratroopers would be able to land, so our american guy, who have only his 9mm caliber gun, go and charge the paratroopers, who are german so are idiot and start running and escaping and screaming like pussies while our american Captain Hero take them all with just few shots. After all the battle itself, some pretty sexy chick appear from nowhere and open her legs to the Captain America Hero and they return to America and get married and well, I have just written just another Hollywood movie
Lmao. This is true. The main actor would be Chris Pratt or Channing Tatum. I would highly recommend the book "Snow and Steel" about the battle of the bulge (aka the Ardennes Offensive) for those of you who would like to see things a bit more from the german side. Many of them were good men and excellent fighters, and most of the time at a very young age, they didn't really understand that the cause they were fighting for was an evil one.
LOL
It won;t suit the warmongers
I agree. Evelyn Waugh deals with Crete in his Sword of Honor trilogy.
As a Cretan and a collector and a history buff, all I have to say is a big thank you!! This battle deserves to be made into good movie! It would be epic... And I wish there were more videos about the Battle of Crete! Keep it up mate!
Thanks for your appreciation! I agree, a feature film would be very interesting
Crete doesn't care about the battle of crete at all.
Cat Slave who told you that? The battle of Crete is a big memorable event in the whole Greece.
I've been there myself last summer and all museums have been closed and all memorials have been abondend, the only 2 things still cared about is the German graveyard wich is taken care off by the German government and a private museum somewhere in the mountain.
Cat Slave , ok, if you mean that there should be celebrations or parades and staff then yes they don't. But the battle is memorable and people mentions it and speak of it on tv documentaries or radio etc in whole Greece. I haven't been to Crete at the specific day and I don't know what exactly they are doing (visiting the graveyards or something) but it isn't that they don't care. The state should do more though if you want my opinion.
My uncle was part of the 5000 men that couldn't be evacuated off the island and was captured. He spent the rest of the war in Stalag 18a in Austria until he died during a Russian bombing raid Dec. 20 1944 .
The germans paratroopers had heavy losses largely due to their weapons being in canisters which they had to retrieve unarmed .
The allies on Crete where begging England for more equipment especially fighters as there where only a few and new the invasion was going to happen since Greece was occupied. It never came .
Thanks for the video explaining the stages of the battle .Very well done.
Yes another British stuff up, just like Singapore, no RAF protection.
4:09 that has to be the most luckiest man alive
100,000 views! Didn't expect that, thanks everyone!
the music and the camera shots are what did it
even though the music wasn't yours it did a good job ramping up the tension without being obtrusive upon the video
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Always funny when they splat the ground and the parachute opens afterwards
lol that's called being waaaay too low for a drop.
Furoki / It's not funny at all......
when you jump at night its all that runs thorough you head is am i gonna splat. from 800 AGL you dont always die instantly.
Salty henry woooosh
As an ex-paratrooper I must say that you are an asshole!
Excellent video!! I am from Heraklion Crete! After two days from Maleme the german paratroopers came to Heraklion and made the invasion from a place called Karteros very near to Heraklion!! The mission had a code name "Mercur" «Unternehmen Mercur» Is the only success invacion in war history that made only from airborn troops!!
This is superbly done! A pleasure to watch!
Seems to me they coulda used those Bf-110’s to come in first to strafe the AAA sites and bomb targets BEFORE sending in Ju-52 transports with the Fallschirmjagers...
Agreed.
The RAF had 185 Squadron (fighters) based at Maleme airfield and they were tasked with defending Crete. Unfortunately they were equipped with the Brewster Buffalo Mark.I. (B-339 E) which differed from the version flown successfully by the Fins (B-239). To maximize profits by cutting costs, Brewster had bought up and installed already clapped out ex-commercial DC-3 and DC-4 airliner engines then sold the fighters to the Dutch and British.
This profiteering by Brewster proved to contribute to the German success over Crete as all the Buffaloes in 185 Squadron were grounded with engine problems apart from one, which took off the morning of the attack on patrol, made it 20 miles from the base, suffered a massive engine power loss when the engine decided to self destruct and had to turn back. The Buffalo crashed on landing at the airfield and flipped over, however the pilot escaped unharmed as the plane unusually had a roll bar fitted in its design.
This crash ended any hope of even token fighter defence of Crete.
This overturned crashed Buffalo is featured in a German propaganda film shot of a Ju-52 swooping in to land on the runway over the top of it following the securing of Maleme airfield.
Had 185 Squadron been equipped with Gladiators, Hurricanes, P-36 Hawks, P-40 Tomahawks, etc. the German's would have most likely attacked in a different way.
33 and 80 squadrons were both based out of Maleme, but the constant air attacks leading up to 20th May left them with 1 hurricane (W9298) between the two squadrons, which was ordered back to Egypt the day before the invasion. The incident with the Buffalo was actually a Naval Gladiator, and happened on the 14th May not the 20th
0:49 that AAA is way too accurate. He even managed to give the plane a few shots in the same spot!
The Growlanser war thunder be like
a real pilot would turn every so often so the AAA had a harder time trying to hit it
yeah, Il2 AI gives me cancer
In il2 many times the first aa bullet fired is gonna hit your plane
its a very slow plane to be fair
Despite any historical shortcomings in the video, the compelling imagery does a great job of getting people thinking about the history of this benchmark of airborne warfare. I have always been fascinated with the struggle of World War II. This really makes me want to research and find answers to the questions so many in this conversation are asking.
Thankyou, I aim to show the reality of the combat
Excellent video! One can admire the Germans’ tenacity since things went sideways. I remember in the school library they had the Time/Life Third Reich series of books. One of them was mainly about Crete. That set of books was excellent and got me into collecting. I would have went nuts over a video like this.
Awesome video. Greetings from Greece ;)
Considering what you had to work with, this is superb!
Thanks! I wanted to wait for Kuban, but this was already in the works
I agree with Cybermat47, that was really great and nice job recreating some iconic footage.
I met a former German paratrooper in 1994 at the 50th Anniversary of the D Day Landings.
He was with the 6th Fallschirmjäger. He had jumped into Crete, his first combat jump.
He also participated in the Fort Eben-Emael operation.
He had also earned a Knights Cross for actions in Normandy.
I remember interviewing him and said to myself, "There are those who would kill to be in my shoes right now."
I was part of a US Army Military History Detachment (MHD).
Earlier that day, veterans of the 90th Infantry Division of WWII were invited to attend a service at the German Military Cemetery.
It is just as somber as the American Cemetery in Normandy.
Like in the American cemetery, you will see headstones that say, "III Soldiers Unknown," or "V Soldiers Unknown."
During the ceremony, the German veterans asked the American veterans if they could "now be friends."
Upon saying that, the German veterans walked over to the Americans to shake their hands and introduce themselves.
Needless to say, it was a very emotional experience for the veterans from both sides.
Best duty I ever had.
The Crete disaster helped the allies in trying to avoid it happening to them. However, the airborne invasion of sicily and the rhine drop in 1945 were still costly for the allied airborne forces. The us assault on corregidor was perhaps the most potentially costly but succrsful contested air assault, that you never hear about, an ultra low drop(like crete) onto an ultra small drop zone.
AATW!
My nephew Javierini was learning about this battle he enjoyed your video a lot.
Most people don’t know that this all happened because British Intelligence had found out where and when Germany was going to mount an Assault. That is the main reason that Germany lost so many troops in this battle. I’ll just say: Enigma
1:00 really cool how that looked exactly like the photo of the 52 going down during the invasion.
4:11 area) HOLY Crap THAT WAS EPIC AS FLIP. Good job, felt like a movie scene 👌
My great grandfather got wounded while jumping out of a Ju52
Ca nhac
CePoC Germany So ur great grandfather?
CePoC Germany , I'm sorry to say, but your great-grandpa should have stayed in his home at Germany.
CePoC Germany I know that. I didn't say he wasn't brave. And I am not referring to your grandfather specifically but rather to the many Germans that supported the Nazi party and never opposed to Hitlers mad demands with the outcome of billions of innocent people (even children and babies) been brutally killed. Have you ever heard about Kandanos (Κάνδανος) or Kalavrita (Καλάβρυτα) or Distomo (Δίστομο) and another 90 cities and villages only at Greece? Those soldiers weren't "forced" to do that shit.
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It was nice to write with you !
at least the war is over since many years and something like this should never happen again
Cheers ✌
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The Allies in this battle retreated due to poor communication and the inability of the commander to lead from the front. In addition, the Greeks on the island had weapons that could not be resupplied with British munitions. Otherwise, the outcome could have been very different.
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seemed like a suicide mission. Why didn't they take out enemy AA before dropping the paratroopers?
Jurjen de Boer To take out the AA, the Germans needed to launch a sea borne operation. Using airborne soldiers and heavy use of air support would be far more effective and less costly
but in the video we see bf110s to support the paratroopers. couldn't they just take out the AA first? the bf110s are a much harder target for AA than the slow ju52s which also have like 30 people inside
Jurjen de Boer Well they may not have known the positions of the enemy artillery. Luftwaffe aircraft would have softened up the target areas beforehand, but it would be impossible to destroy all enemy resistance.
Bf 110 is still a easy target cauze its size and its not that fast.
It would give away the element of surprise. You may as well just go for it and take the losses.
horrible losses of the finest special ops troops of WW2
and the strategical position was never used afterwards....malta d have been much more important
Lol
Not even close...
The best airborne troops the world has ever seen
pioneers of airborne operations, absolutely.. but the best? i don't think so, they only truly excelled in non-airborne operations, and even then, they always sustained insanely high casualties all throughout the war. perhaps not as pathetic of losses as the british airborne forces but i certainly wouldn't call them "the best the world has ever seen". admirable in their own way, that they were so brave and courageous in a form of combat that had never been done before, but let's not pretend that they did much of any good anywhere besides in Italy.
The soundtrack really fits the suspense of the Ju-52's flying in. Crete was about to be invaded.
Bravo. Well done video. It is a double edged sword to softens the airfield up first. Heavy losses for a surprise attack. but necessary.
Really nice video, congratulations!
Thanks man!
This was awesome work. Respect
Very awesome video" this operaton better than operation market garden i think
I love to see the Ju52 in videos, thanks!
4:50 Perhaps the first recorded use of LAPES ever.
What is LAPES?
@@lindsaygraham5687 low altitude parachute extraction system
Though iirc the Germans did develop and use LAPES in WW2 that does not appear to be the case here: they just dumped the cannisters out because they were flying low and the goods could easily take the beating since they were packaged up in metal cannisters (and padding).
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Nice production, remembering a great ANZAC and Commonwealth struggle. What a great thing it's all a memory and not a reality for this generation. My grandfather lost his arm in France, while Dad (RANVR) landed US Marines up the Pacific Islands.
People don't seem to realise the true struggle these wars were
I spent about ten days on Crete. This video portrays the terrain as flat, and green, but what I saw of the island, was rocky and quite mountainous--far more difficult for paratroopers. Maybe there is a more remote part of the island that resembles the plain in the video, but I can't say that I remember it.
Dont worry, this video is old and I am remaking it with a more representative map.
Beautifully done sir!
Wrong on the parachutes, I'm afraid. The Fallschirmjäger used a truly terrible parachute which forced the paratrooper to go as the wind carried him - he didn't have straps with which to control his descent - and somersault as he landed. He couldn't carry weapons with him and they had to be dropped separately. Oddly enough the Luftwaffe had normal parachutes, but the Fallschirmjäger were never equipped with them.
Yes. We learnt this when I did my parachute course in the Australian Army in the 70's. I seem to remember the Fallschirmjager chutes did not have a centre vent, causing greater oscillations. The F., being suspended from a single point rather than 4 liftwebs was totally at the mercy of the wind being unable to turn into wind to reduce ground speed.
The Fallschirmjägers were the best soldiers of the Second World War without a doubt, their feats are incredible to believe, what resistance they had, beating the enemy of different nationalities they faced, only the numerical superiority and lack of supplies could against them, regards from Mexico!
Very nice video, i am sure it took a lot of work, WELL DONE :)
In the first scene, the bombers “JU52” are the italian S81
Excellent! Well done.
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4:08 It must be horrifying in real life to be that last guy who survived the jump out of that plane , knowing that people whom you looked at five seconds ago are now dead.
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Very well made. Liked
Maleme airfield is closer to the coast, about 30 m away from the sea.
Jumped some bad DZs as one of Uncle Sam's airborne infantry over the years but the pics I've seen of the Cretan ones were absolutely incredible. Its wonder they didn't suffer more losses from jump injuries then they did (which were high indeed).
Fallschrimjager also did not jump in firearms other than handguns unlike what is pictured here. They had to get to fallschrimbombes (the canisters shown being dumped out of the Ju52s) which even had their personal weapons. Many of their combat losses were b/c they were almost unarmed when counter attacking locals & Kiwis made early contact.
Once they organized however, they started overrunning their objectives rather quickly as Imperial command was disorganized and hesitant. The various Allied forces on the island far outnumbered the Germans but German training and initiative, just like at Eban Emal, Norway, and throughout the 1940 campaign in France usually made up for their own command inefficiencies.
Hitler took the wrong lesson from this campaign while both the UK & US realized the huge potential of the airborne forces when used properly.
Simply marvelous.
IL-2. GREAT work GREAT video about such an awesome WWII event! Maybe do a video about the German airborne invasion of the Eban Emiel Fortress in Belgium in 1940. Also the Soviets vs. Japanese at the Battle of Kahlkin Gold in August 1939.
I'm planning a video about the airborne invasion of the Netherlands, itll come out soon, but I dont know when.
Outstanding, loved it!
Very well done. Might we have more?
At some point...
Another excellent animation.
One minor note , animation of the Fallschirmjäger is incorrect, Fallschirmjäger dropped with one strap to the back, not with two straps.
Keep up the good work!
If anyone is interested in testing their luck & seeing if they could do better on whichever side there is an old board game from Avalon Hill called Air assault on Crete with a variant/what if scenario of air assault on Malta.
It just wasn't the paratroops that got decimated. The air fleet was devastated here and on the air routes from Sicily to North Africa.
damn nice editing man!
I heard in some documentary that this type of transport was very rugged and could take a lot of punishment
In black and white this may pass for war footage (Camera angles and stuff)...
God what have you done
Well done. Thanks i enjoyed it.
Battlefield 1 music intro, nice choice!
Great video !
0:32 Can I ask what is this artylery (sorry for bad gramma im polish)
I think it is the 72k Soviet anti-aircraft artillery
@@airwarchronicles thx
very well made a good job!
0:18 what is this plane?
0:31 oh never mind.
A great honoration of the first major and most influential paratrooper deployment in history.
Not suprised that the germans didn't use fallshmijagers that way anymore...
They were the ELITE and got slaughtered like this and those who survived had a little chance of survival after landing.
I must say that I respect these brave men...(germans and allies)
The airborne troops have balls of steel, can’t believe that the planes even took off with those
wave check is that the reason why they often hit the ground before the parachute opens? Jk
@@thomaszhang3101 lol
1:16 Poor guys do a tandem Wile E. Coyote when they jump. Those chutes opened beautifully...after they hit the ground.
Where were the Stukas and Bf-110's?
Should have taken out the ack ack and softened the target before airborne assault.
Great video.
Thanks.
That's amazing! Thumbs up 👍
:)
The battle of Crete was wun by the Fallshirmjäger and not by the allies. The Fallshirmjäger was used again in the same way over Malta.
...they never saw service in the Malta campaign...
Very nice video!
04:52 They just performed a LAPES prototype without knowing it
I still love this video
That means a lot, thanks.
Awesome video.
Operation mercury was very costly German military operation resulting in heavy losses with ju 52 transports and paratroopers trying to take island of Crete. German troops eventually overwhelmed the allied garrison on Crete though Hitler and his general staff called off any future German airborne drops during ww2. Operation mercury was one of the most action packed episodes of ww2, the battle would make a good movie
They are using the wrong parachute. German parachutes were attached at the back and had no rises
Why do I like seeing parachutes drifting in the air
That was awesome!
Did any of y’all recognize the BF1 score
The allies were expecting any invasion force to be by sea not by air so they were not equipped properly to deal with how the Germans actually invaded and were quickly overrun.
yeah the battle of crete was basically what made Germany afraid of using their paratroopers in their intended role
bro.. that was awesome
Great Graphics Great Video The Germans were the First in the World to use Airborne Operations every other country in the world copy their methods and tactics
How do you get the view at 1:46?
Using right mouse button, you pull the camera in as far as possible. Then use shift to look around
ah....ok. thanks man! gonna try that.
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Amazing !
Absolutely great effort a shame about the limited models etc but amazing nonetheless.
Thanks!
We need more historical videos !
very good model of what actually happened this bloody day...
that one supply box at the end tho
Masterpiece
More of these videos :). Big like from me.
What type of plane is that in the start
Wow great simulation
Awesome! Greetings from Romania! :D
I hear the BF1 SECURING THE OBJECTIVE
It so good nice details 🤩🤩😉😉
Great Video, just a minor mistake. Its called Rethimno not Retimo.
Yes I'm aware of that. I just took the simplified term of the word. Thanks!
I lived in rethymno
Retimo-italian orthography👈😃
From what I heard H-man was VERY unhappy with the results (I.E. high casualties) and never wanted the German High command to launch another large scale airborne operation.
Well done!!!