The British Royal Air Force (RAF) renowned aerobatics team, the Red Arrows, put on a breath-taking disply on Sunday at the Old Port of Chania, on the island of Crete, as part of annual commemoration events celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Crete.
Events held throughout the week included memorial services, exhibitions, speeches and various happenings.
The Battle of Crete began on the morning of May 20, 1941 when German forces launched an unprecedented airborne invasion of Crete, code-named "Merkur". The operation was successful in that it wrested control of the island from Allied forces, although the victory was so costly in terms of paratrooper casualties that the Wehrmacht never again attempted a major airborne operation. The stiff resistance by the allied troops and local Cretans is also credited, by many historians, with delaying the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
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