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72 years ago today, Unternehmen Merkur (Operation Mercury) began. The paras of the German 7. Flieger-Division jumped on the Allied-held island of Crete. Jumped to their doom...and glory. More than half of them would be dead or wounded by the time the 11 day struggle was over and the island in German hands.
It was a bitterly fought battle. Respect and memory are due to both sides.
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Gefreiter Karsten Heidt
5./Fallschirm-Jäger Regiment 5
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