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