As German paratroopers seized Maleme airfield, the battle for Crete had only just begun. Across the island, fierce fighting ...
When Germany overran Greece in 1941, one last Allied stronghold in the region remained: the island of Crete. With the Italian ...
As German paratroopers fought to secure a foothold on Crete, Allied forces launched urgent counterattacks to regain lost ...
As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.
Long ago, a substantial ancient Greek population from the island of Crete lived in the ancient city of Daedala, located in ...