Operation Mercury - The Invasion of Crete
- Episode aired Aug 23, 2021
Part of Airborne Week on WW2TV Operation Mercury was the invasion of Crete by German forces on May 20th 1941. Gliders and paratroops swooped and jumped through the dust and smoke thrown up b... Read allPart of Airborne Week on WW2TV Operation Mercury was the invasion of Crete by German forces on May 20th 1941. Gliders and paratroops swooped and jumped through the dust and smoke thrown up by Luftwaffe bomb runs. On the ground, a mixed British, Commonwealth and Greek army raised ... Read allPart of Airborne Week on WW2TV Operation Mercury was the invasion of Crete by German forces on May 20th 1941. Gliders and paratroops swooped and jumped through the dust and smoke thrown up by Luftwaffe bomb runs. On the ground, a mixed British, Commonwealth and Greek army raised its guns to meet them. Although there had been previous Fallschirmjäger jumps, Crete was t... Read all