gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_operations
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gptkbp:aftermath
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gptkb:Allied_evacuation_of_Crete
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gptkbp:air_support
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gptkb:Luftwaffe
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gptkbp:casualties
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gptkb:German_forces
gptkb:Allied_forces
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gptkbp:commanded
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General Kurt Student
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gptkbp:date
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May 20, 1941
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gptkbp:duration
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10 days
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gptkbp:enemy
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gptkb:Allied_forces
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:Battle_of_Crete
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Nazi Germany's expansion
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gptkbp:historical_impact
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influenced airborne tactics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Operation Merkur
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gptkbp:influenced_future_operations
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gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
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gptkbp:intelligence
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reconnaissance missions
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gptkbp:involved_deception_tactics
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gptkb:Operation_Mercury
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gptkbp:involved_local_resistance
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gptkb:Cretan_resistance_fighters
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gptkbp:involved_paratroopers
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gptkb:Fallen
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gptkbp:involves
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gptkb:German_forces
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gptkbp:led_to
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German control of the Aegean Sea
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gptkbp:logistics
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airborne supply drops
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Chania
gptkb:Battle_of_Rethymno
gptkb:Battle_of_Maleme
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gptkbp:notable_ships
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gptkb:Kriegsmarine
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gptkbp:outcome
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German victory
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Operation_Marita
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gptkbp:related_aircraft
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gptkb:Junkers_Ju_52
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gptkbp:resulted_in
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occupation of Crete
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gptkbp:significance
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first airborne invasion in history
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gptkbp:strategic_goals
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OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht)
capture of Crete
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gptkbp:targets
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gptkb:Crete
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:German_occupation_of_Greece
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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