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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Battle_of_Crete
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gptkbp:belligerent
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gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 3,500 Allied killed or wounded
over 4,000 German killed or wounded
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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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Operation Mercury
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:Australian_Army
gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Greek_Army
New Zealand Army
Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Crete,_Greece
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gptkbp:notableFor
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first mainly airborne invasion in military history
heavy German paratrooper casualties
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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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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:Battle_of_Crete
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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