Since late 1940, Germany had been working diligently to gain as much of the Balkans as possible. Having decided to invade the Soviet Union, Adolf Hitler sought, by pen or sword, to protect the area’s backside…the Mediterranean Sea. Using the pen and the Tripartite Pact, he gained Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia. With the sword, Hitler rescued Mussolini’s troops and [...]
Archive for May 20th, 2008
Maybe We Should Have Knocked First
Posted in Mediterranean, World War II (1939-1945), tagged 1941, Crete, General Bernard Freyberg, General Kurt Student, Operation Mercury on May 20 | 2 Comments »
