| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:battle 
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                                | gptkbp:casualties | over 3,500 Allied killed over 4,000 Axis killed
 
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                                | gptkbp:combatant | gptkb:Australia gptkb:Greece
 gptkb:Italy
 gptkb:Nazi_Germany
 gptkb:New_Zealand
 gptkb:United_Kingdom
 
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                                | gptkbp:commander | gptkb:Kurt_Student gptkb:Bernard_Freyberg
 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | 1941-06-01 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Axis_occupation_of_Crete 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Crete 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | Allied evacuation to Egypt massacre of civilians by Axis forces
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | first mainly airborne invasion in military history 
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                                | gptkbp:notableUnit | gptkb:Royal_Navy Luftwaffe
 Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers)
 Cretan civilians
 
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                                | gptkbp:operator | gptkb:Operation_Mercury 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:World_War_II 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Battle_of_Greece 
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                                | gptkbp:result | Axis victory 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | heavy German paratrooper losses led Hitler to avoid large-scale airborne operations thereafter 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1941-05-20 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Crete 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 4 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Battle of Crete 
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