Chania Fallschirmjäger Memorial 1940s[/caption]"It is true that at the beginning Cretan irregulars attacked and killed wounded parachutists – after all, early on there was no organized resistance. The Germans reacted by taking reprisals. I wrote that until Operation Mercury, WWII had been a ‘clean’ war in which neither side committed war crimes but respected the international rules of war [Hague Conventions]. But when attacks by noncombatants and reprisals began, the war became ‘dirty,’ i.e. the participants no longer obeyed the rules of war. This is the view of international historiography."
Heinz A. Richter, historian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnTxsGYCZiQ
Auf Kreta, im Sturm und im Regen (In Crete, by Storm and Rain) - English translation
In Crete during storm and rain,
A paratrooper stands on guard
He likes to dream of home,
Where a tender girl's heart awaits him
The little stars twinkle in the night from the sky,
Say hello to my home,
Say hello from bloody battle to my little maid
Jumping on the enemy's trench
Enemy's bullet hit his heart
Crashing on the bloody lawn
He painfully whispers to the stars
You, little stars sparkling in the night from the sky
Say hello to my home,
Say hello from bloody battle to my little maid
Then he said with a dying voice
Comrade, come and give me your hand
And take this ring off my finger
And give it to my beloved as a pledge of farewell
The little stars twinkle in the night from the sky
Say hello to my home,
Say hello from bloody battle to my little maid
In Crete flags are fluttering
We paratroopers won anyway
Even if so many have died
The the paratroopers' fame will remain
The little stars twinkle in the night from the sky ,
Say hello to my home,
Say hello from bloody battle to my little maid
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