Operation Mercury commences as fallschirmjäger airborne troops land on the Greek island of Crete. A bloody and messy battle follows as it turns out to be costly in more ways than one.
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Written and Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Producer: Joram Appel
Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Sound design: Marek Kamiński
Map animations: Eastory ([ Ссылка ])
Colorizations by:
- Julius Jääskeläinen - [ Ссылка ]
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- Norman Stewart - [ Ссылка ]
- Jaris Almazani (Artistic Man), [ Ссылка ]
- Carlos Ortega Pereira, BlauColorizations, [ Ссылка ]
Sources:
- Imperial War Museum: A 28473, E 3064E, A 4154, A 4153, A 4149, A 4144, E 3066E, E 3023E, A 4156, E 6066
- Archives municipales de Brest
- Museums Victoria
- Bundesarchiv, CC-BY-SA 3.0: Bild_141-0816, Bild_183-L04232, Bild_101I-166-0527-10A, Bild 101I-166-0527-22 / Weixler, Franz Peter, Bild_183-L19019, Bild 146-1977-115-04, Bild 141-0823, Bild_101I-166-0512-39, Bild_146-1981-159-22, Bild_146-1980-090-34, E 3022E
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A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.
091 - Invasion of Crete: a Bloody Mess - WW2 - May 23 1941
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