http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Crete&feed=atom&action=historyBattle of Crete - Revision history2024-03-28T19:54:50ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.32.0http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Crete&diff=42989&oldid=prevIrlandos: /* The escape of the king */2011-01-03T09:48:45Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">The escape of the king</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The party had several close calls with both Germans and native Cretans. A detachment was sent back for some papers left behind by Mr. Tsouderos; they returned to report the house was already occupied, meaning the Germans were by now aware of the king's presence nearby. Lieutenant Ryan had the king remove his Greek general's uniform, which was adorned with gold braid and other ornaments that were bound to attract attention. At one point, the group were pinned down by the rifle fire of Cretan mountaineers. Prince Peter shouted to them in Greek, and they replied "Germans also speak Greek and wear Greek uniforms". Eventually convinced that the royal retinue were not German spies, they let them pass. That night, the evacuees rested in the village of [[Therisso]]. There, they were startled by a clamour at the doors, which turned out to caused by prison escapees released earlier in the day. Patriotism apparently overwhelmed any sympathy for their German emancipators and antipathy to the monarchist constitution, and the escapees left to forage for weapons instead of betraying their fellow fugitives.<ref>Buckley, pp. 212-215</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The party had several close calls with both Germans and native Cretans. A detachment was sent back for some papers left behind by Mr. Tsouderos; they returned to report the house was already occupied, meaning the Germans were by now aware of the king's presence nearby. Lieutenant Ryan had the king remove his Greek general's uniform, which was adorned with gold braid and other ornaments that were bound to attract attention. At one point, the group were pinned down by the rifle fire of Cretan mountaineers. Prince Peter shouted to them in Greek, and they replied "Germans also speak Greek and wear Greek uniforms". Eventually convinced that the royal retinue were not German spies, they let them pass. That night, the evacuees rested in the village of [[Therisso]]. There, they were startled by a clamour at the doors, which turned out to caused by prison escapees released earlier in the day. Patriotism apparently overwhelmed any sympathy for their German emancipators and antipathy to the monarchist constitution, and the escapees left to forage for weapons instead of betraying their fellow fugitives.<ref>Buckley, pp. 212-215</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Crete&diff=42988&oldid=prevIrlandos: /* Naval attack */2011-01-03T09:48:04Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Naval attack</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Admiral Andrew Cunningham, determined that no German troop transports should reach Crete, sent Admiral King's Force C (three cruisers and four destroyers) into the Aegean through the Kaso Strait, to attack a second flotilla of transports escorted by the Italian torpedo boat ''Sagittario''. The force sank a ''caïque'' separated from the main flotilla at 08:30, thus saving it from an air attack that struck the cruiser HMS Naiad at this time. The pilots were trying to avoid killing their troops in the water. King's squadron, still under constant air attack and running short of anti-aircraft ammunition, steamed on toward Milos, sighting the ''Sagittario'' at 10:00. King made the difficult decision not to press the attack, despite his overpowering advantage, due to the shortage of ammunition and a torpedo charge executed by the Italian warship. He had succeeded, however, in forcing the Germans to abort this seaborne operation. During the search and withdrawal from the area, Force C suffered heavy losses to German bombers. ''Naiad'' was damaged by near misses and the cruiser HMS Carlisle was hit. Admiral Cunningham later criticized King's decisions.<ref>Greene & Massignani, page 172</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Admiral Andrew Cunningham, determined that no German troop transports should reach Crete, sent Admiral King's Force C (three cruisers and four destroyers) into the Aegean through the Kaso Strait, to attack a second flotilla of transports escorted by the Italian torpedo boat ''Sagittario''. The force sank a ''caïque'' separated from the main flotilla at 08:30, thus saving it from an air attack that struck the cruiser HMS Naiad at this time. The pilots were trying to avoid killing their troops in the water. King's squadron, still under constant air attack and running short of anti-aircraft ammunition, steamed on toward Milos, sighting the ''Sagittario'' at 10:00. King made the difficult decision not to press the attack, despite his overpowering advantage, due to the shortage of ammunition and a torpedo charge executed by the Italian warship. He had succeeded, however, in forcing the Germans to abort this seaborne operation. During the search and withdrawal from the area, Force C suffered heavy losses to German bombers. ''Naiad'' was damaged by near misses and the cruiser HMS Carlisle was hit. Admiral Cunningham later criticized King's decisions.<ref>Greene & Massignani, page 172</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The air attacks on Force A1 and Force C continued. Two bombs hit the battleship HMS Valiant (with Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece on board) and later another hit ''Fiji'', disabling it. A Junkers 88 flown by Lieutenant Gerhard Brenner dropped three bombs on ''Fiji'', sinking it. Five hundred survivors were rescued by ''Kandahar'' and ''Kingston'' the next morning. The Royal Navy lost two cruisers and a destroyer sunk, but had managed to force the invasion fleet to turn around.<ref>Beevor, pp.166-168</ref> In total, Royal Navy AA gunners shot down 10 ''Luftwaffe'' aircraft and damaged 16 more, some of which crashed landed upon return to base, on 21/22 May.<ref>Shore, Cull, and Malizia,''Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete'', P357-9. 5 Ju-87 and 5 Ju-88 aircraft were lost.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The air attacks on Force A1 and Force C continued. Two bombs hit the battleship HMS Valiant (with Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece on board) and later another hit ''Fiji'', disabling it. A Junkers 88 flown by Lieutenant Gerhard Brenner dropped three bombs on ''Fiji'', sinking it. Five hundred survivors were rescued by ''Kandahar'' and ''Kingston'' the next morning. The Royal Navy lost two cruisers and a destroyer sunk, but had managed to force the invasion fleet to turn around.<ref>Beevor, pp.166-168</ref> In total, Royal Navy AA gunners shot down 10 ''Luftwaffe'' aircraft and damaged 16 more, some of which crashed landed upon return to base, on 21/22 May.<ref>Shore, Cull, and Malizia,''Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete'', P357-9. 5 Ju-87 and 5 Ju-88 aircraft were lost.</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Crete&diff=42987&oldid=prevIrlandos: /* Naval attack */2011-01-03T09:47:05Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Naval attack</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Admiral Andrew Cunningham, determined that no German troop transports should reach Crete, sent Admiral King's Force C (three cruisers and four destroyers) into the Aegean through the Kaso Strait, to attack a second flotilla of transports escorted by the Italian torpedo boat ''Sagittario''. The force sank a ''caïque'' separated from the main flotilla at 08:30, thus saving it from an air attack that struck the cruiser HMS Naiad at this time. The pilots were trying to avoid killing their troops in the water. King's squadron, still under constant air attack and running short of anti-aircraft ammunition, steamed on toward Milos, sighting the ''Sagittario'' at 10:00. King made the difficult decision not to press the attack, despite his overpowering advantage, due to the shortage of ammunition and a torpedo charge executed by the Italian warship. He had succeeded, however, in forcing the Germans to abort this seaborne operation. During the search and withdrawal from the area, Force C suffered heavy losses to German bombers. ''Naiad'' was damaged by near misses and the cruiser HMS Carlisle was hit. Admiral Cunningham later criticized King's decisions.<ref>Greene & Massignani, page 172</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Admiral Andrew Cunningham, determined that no German troop transports should reach Crete, sent Admiral King's Force C (three cruisers and four destroyers) into the Aegean through the Kaso Strait, to attack a second flotilla of transports escorted by the Italian torpedo boat ''Sagittario''. The force sank a ''caïque'' separated from the main flotilla at 08:30, thus saving it from an air attack that struck the cruiser HMS Naiad at this time. The pilots were trying to avoid killing their troops in the water. King's squadron, still under constant air attack and running short of anti-aircraft ammunition, steamed on toward Milos, sighting the ''Sagittario'' at 10:00. King made the difficult decision not to press the attack, despite his overpowering advantage, due to the shortage of ammunition and a torpedo charge executed by the Italian warship. He had succeeded, however, in forcing the Germans to abort this seaborne operation. During the search and withdrawal from the area, Force C suffered heavy losses to German bombers. ''Naiad'' was damaged by near misses and the cruiser HMS Carlisle was hit. Admiral Cunningham later criticized King's decisions.<ref>Greene & Massignani, page 172</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Force C met up with Rear Admiral Rawling's Force A1 at the Kithera channel where more air attacks inflicted damage on both forces. A bomb struck HMSWarspite and then the destroyer HMS Greyhound was sunk. King sent HMSKandahar and HMS Kingston to pick up survivors while the cruisers HMS Gloucester and HMS Fiji provided anti-aircraft support, forgetting<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} </del>their ammunition shortage. ''Gloucester'' was hit by several bombs while the fleet was withdrawing and had to be left behind due to the intense air attacks. 700 ratings and 22 officers from this ship lost their lives.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Force C met up with Rear Admiral Rawling's Force A1 at the Kithera channel where more air attacks inflicted damage on both forces. A bomb struck HMSWarspite and then the destroyer HMS Greyhound was sunk. King sent HMSKandahar and HMS Kingston to pick up survivors while the cruisers HMS Gloucester and HMS Fiji provided anti-aircraft support, forgetting their ammunition shortage. ''Gloucester'' was hit by several bombs while the fleet was withdrawing and had to be left behind due to the intense air attacks. 700 ratings and 22 officers from this ship lost their lives.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The air attacks on Force A1 and Force C continued. Two bombs hit the battleship HMS Valiant (with Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece on board) and later another hit ''Fiji'', disabling it. A Junkers 88 flown by Lieutenant Gerhard Brenner dropped three bombs on ''Fiji'', sinking it. Five hundred survivors were rescued by ''Kandahar'' and ''Kingston'' the next morning. The Royal Navy lost two cruisers and a destroyer sunk, but had managed to force the invasion fleet to turn around.<ref>Beevor, pp.166-168</ref> In total, Royal Navy AA gunners shot down 10 ''Luftwaffe'' aircraft and damaged 16 more, some of which crashed landed upon return to base, on 21/22 May.<ref>Shore, Cull, and Malizia,''Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete'', P357-9. 5 Ju-87 and 5 Ju-88 aircraft were lost.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The air attacks on Force A1 and Force C continued. Two bombs hit the battleship HMS Valiant (with Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece on board) and later another hit ''Fiji'', disabling it. A Junkers 88 flown by Lieutenant Gerhard Brenner dropped three bombs on ''Fiji'', sinking it. Five hundred survivors were rescued by ''Kandahar'' and ''Kingston'' the next morning. The Royal Navy lost two cruisers and a destroyer sunk, but had managed to force the invasion fleet to turn around.<ref>Beevor, pp.166-168</ref> In total, Royal Navy AA gunners shot down 10 ''Luftwaffe'' aircraft and damaged 16 more, some of which crashed landed upon return to base, on 21/22 May.<ref>Shore, Cull, and Malizia,''Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete'', P357-9. 5 Ju-87 and 5 Ju-88 aircraft were lost.</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Crete&diff=42986&oldid=prevIrlandos: /* 23–27 May */2011-01-03T09:46:39Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">23–27 May</span></span></p>
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</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Crete&diff=42984&oldid=prevIrlandos: /* 23–27 May */2011-01-03T09:41:09Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">23–27 May</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the three ships were rounding the western side of Crete, they came under heavy air attack from 24 Stuka dive bombers. ''Kashmir'' was hit and sank in two minutes and ''Kelly'' was hit and turned turtle soon after. ''Kipling'' survived 83 bombs aimed at her, while she picked up 279 survivors from the two ships. The Noel Coward film ''In Which We Serve'' was based on this action.<ref>Beevor, pp.170–171</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the three ships were rounding the western side of Crete, they came under heavy air attack from 24 Stuka dive bombers. ''Kashmir'' was hit and sank in two minutes and ''Kelly'' was hit and turned turtle soon after. ''Kipling'' survived 83 bombs aimed at her, while she picked up 279 survivors from the two ships. The Noel Coward film ''In Which We Serve'' was based on this action.<ref>Beevor, pp.170–171</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Crete&diff=42983&oldid=prevIrlandos: /* 23–27 May */2011-01-03T09:40:49Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">23–27 May</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the three ships were rounding the western side of Crete, they came under heavy air attack from 24 Stuka dive bombers. ''Kashmir'' was hit and sank in two minutes and ''Kelly'' was hit and turned turtle soon after. ''Kipling'' survived 83 bombs aimed at her, while she picked up 279 survivors from the two ships. The Noel Coward film ''In Which We Serve'' was based on this action.<ref>Beevor, pp.170–171</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the three ships were rounding the western side of Crete, they came under heavy air attack from 24 Stuka dive bombers. ''Kashmir'' was hit and sank in two minutes and ''Kelly'' was hit and turned turtle soon after. ''Kipling'' survived 83 bombs aimed at her, while she picked up 279 survivors from the two ships. The Noel Coward film ''In Which We Serve'' was based on this action.<ref>Beevor, pp.170–171</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Crete&diff=42982&oldid=prevIrlandos: /* Evacuation to Egypt, 28–31 May */2011-01-03T09:39:23Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Evacuation to Egypt, 28–31 May</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Over four nights, 16,000 troops were evacuated to Egypt by ships including the light cruiser <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</del>HMS<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</del>Ajax<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|22|6}}</del>. The majority of these troops embarked from [[Sphakia]]. A smaller number were withdrawn from Heraklion on the night of 28 May. This task force was attacked en route by ''Luftwaffe'' dive bombers and suffered serious losses. More than 9,000 Anzacs and thousands of Greeks were left behind to defend the remaining territory as best they could. They fought on until they were surrounded. The cities of Irakleio and [[Rethymno]] were taken in the following days by the Germans. A small Italian force assisted the capture of Rethymno. By 1 June, the island of Crete was under German control.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Over four nights, 16,000 troops were evacuated to Egypt by ships including the light cruiser HMS Ajax. The majority of these troops embarked from [[Sphakia]]. A smaller number were withdrawn from Heraklion on the night of 28 May. This task force was attacked en route by ''Luftwaffe'' dive bombers and suffered serious losses. More than 9,000 Anzacs and thousands of Greeks were left behind to defend the remaining territory as best they could. They fought on until they were surrounded. The cities of Irakleio and [[Rethymno]] were taken in the following days by the Germans. A small Italian force assisted the capture of Rethymno. By 1 June, the island of Crete was under German control.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The defence of the 8th Greek Regiment in and around the village of [[Alikianos]] is credited with protecting the Allied line of retreat. Alikianos, located in the "Prison Valley", was strategically important and it was one of the first targets the Germans attacked on the opening day of the battle. The 8th Greek was composed of young Cretan recruits, gendarmes, and cadets. They were poorly equipped and only 850 strong — roughly battalion, not regiment-sized. Attached to the 10th New Zealand Infantry Brigade under Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Kippenberger, little was expected of them by Allied officers. The Greeks, however, proved such pessimism wrong. On the first day of battle, they decisively repulsed the Engineer Battalion. During the next several days, they held out against repeated attacks by the 85th and 100th Mountain Regiments. For seven days, they held Alikianos and protected the Allied line of retreat. The 8th Greek Regiment is credited with making the evacuation of western Crete possible by many historians such as Antony Beevor and Alan Clark.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The defence of the 8th Greek Regiment in and around the village of [[Alikianos]] is credited with protecting the Allied line of retreat. Alikianos, located in the "Prison Valley", was strategically important and it was one of the first targets the Germans attacked on the opening day of the battle. The 8th Greek was composed of young Cretan recruits, gendarmes, and cadets. They were poorly equipped and only 850 strong — roughly battalion, not regiment-sized. Attached to the 10th New Zealand Infantry Brigade under Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Kippenberger, little was expected of them by Allied officers. The Greeks, however, proved such pessimism wrong. On the first day of battle, they decisively repulsed the Engineer Battalion. During the next several days, they held out against repeated attacks by the 85th and 100th Mountain Regiments. For seven days, they held Alikianos and protected the Allied line of retreat. The 8th Greek Regiment is credited with making the evacuation of western Crete possible by many historians such as Antony Beevor and Alan Clark.</div></td></tr>
</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Crete&diff=42981&oldid=prevIrlandos: /* Naval attack */2011-01-03T09:38:23Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Naval attack</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Admiral Andrew Cunningham, determined that no German troop transports should reach Crete, sent Admiral King's Force C (three cruisers and four destroyers) into the Aegean through the Kaso Strait, to attack a second flotilla of transports escorted by the Italian torpedo boat ''Sagittario''. The force sank a ''caïque'' separated from the main flotilla at 08:30, thus saving it from an air attack that struck the cruiser <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</del>HMS<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</del>Naiad<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|93|6}} </del>at this time. The pilots were trying to avoid killing their troops in the water. King's squadron, still under constant air attack and running short of anti-aircraft ammunition, steamed on toward Milos, sighting the ''Sagittario'' at 10:00. King made the difficult decision not to press the attack, despite his overpowering advantage, due to the shortage of ammunition and a torpedo charge executed by the Italian warship. He had succeeded, however, in forcing the Germans to abort this seaborne operation. During the search and withdrawal from the area, Force C suffered heavy losses to German bombers. ''Naiad'' was damaged by near misses and the cruiser <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</del>HMS<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</del>Carlisle<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|D67|6}} </del>was hit. Admiral Cunningham later criticized King's decisions.<ref>Greene & Massignani, page 172</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Admiral Andrew Cunningham, determined that no German troop transports should reach Crete, sent Admiral King's Force C (three cruisers and four destroyers) into the Aegean through the Kaso Strait, to attack a second flotilla of transports escorted by the Italian torpedo boat ''Sagittario''. The force sank a ''caïque'' separated from the main flotilla at 08:30, thus saving it from an air attack that struck the cruiser HMS Naiad at this time. The pilots were trying to avoid killing their troops in the water. King's squadron, still under constant air attack and running short of anti-aircraft ammunition, steamed on toward Milos, sighting the ''Sagittario'' at 10:00. King made the difficult decision not to press the attack, despite his overpowering advantage, due to the shortage of ammunition and a torpedo charge executed by the Italian warship. He had succeeded, however, in forcing the Germans to abort this seaborne operation. During the search and withdrawal from the area, Force C suffered heavy losses to German bombers. ''Naiad'' was damaged by near misses and the cruiser HMS Carlisle was hit. Admiral Cunningham later criticized King's decisions.<ref>Greene & Massignani, page 172</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Before midnight, Rear-Admiral Irvine Glennie's Force D, consisting of three light cruisers and four destroyers, intercepted a flotilla of reinforcements, escorted by a single Italian torpedo boat, the ''Lupo'', successfully preventing their landing. The convoy, comprising around 20 caïques, was fiercely defended by the Italian warship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiamarina.net/engagements/lupo/lupo_us.htm| title=The night of the "Wolf": the decisive action of the torpedo boat "Lupo"|author=Andrea Piccinotti|publisher=regiamarina.net|accessdate=May 14, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Some ten boats and 2,000 German troops were saved due to the skillful maneuvers of the Italian commander, Francesco Mimbelli, against an overwhelmingly superior force. About 300 German soldiers and two Italian seamen died in action, as well as two British sailors on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</del>HMS<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</del>Orion<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|85|6}}</del>.<ref>Green & Massignani, page 170</ref><ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4105-32MAY02.htm Naval Events, May 1941, Thursday 15th – Saturday 31st]</ref><ref>[http://www.regiamarinaitaliana.it/Creta1.html ''La notte del Lupo''] {{it}}</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Before midnight, Rear-Admiral Irvine Glennie's Force D, consisting of three light cruisers and four destroyers, intercepted a flotilla of reinforcements, escorted by a single Italian torpedo boat, the ''Lupo'', successfully preventing their landing. The convoy, comprising around 20 caïques, was fiercely defended by the Italian warship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiamarina.net/engagements/lupo/lupo_us.htm| title=The night of the "Wolf": the decisive action of the torpedo boat "Lupo"|author=Andrea Piccinotti|publisher=regiamarina.net|accessdate=May 14, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Some ten boats and 2,000 German troops were saved due to the skillful maneuvers of the Italian commander, Francesco Mimbelli, against an overwhelmingly superior force. About 300 German soldiers and two Italian seamen died in action, as well as two British sailors on HMS Orion.<ref>Green & Massignani, page 170</ref><ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4105-32MAY02.htm Naval Events, May 1941, Thursday 15th – Saturday 31st]</ref><ref>[http://www.regiamarinaitaliana.it/Creta1.html ''La notte del Lupo''] {{it}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Day three, 22 May==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Day three, 22 May==</div></td></tr>
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