In the late spring of 1941 the German juggernaut was still rolling across Europe, and had recently conquered Yugoslavia and Greece—and set its eyes on the more than forty thousand British, ...

In May 1941, Germany launched Operation Mercury, the first full-scale airborne invasion in history, expecting Crete to fall quickly. Instead, gliders and paratroopers landed under intense fire from ...

Early on May 20, 1941, thousands of German paratroopers, known as Fallschirmjägers, in hundreds of transport planes and gliders were preparing to assault the Greek island of Crete. It was the first ...

Crete 1941: Germany’s lightning airborne assault. New York: Osprey Publishing, 2012. Kavanaugh, Stephen. Hitler's Malta Option: A Comparison Of The Invasion Of Crete (Operation Merkur) And The ...

A south suburban home invasion that left one man dead and his wife injured appeared to be a "targeted" attack, authorities said Tuesday. At around 10:25 a.m. Monday, deputies were dispatched for a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Will County Sheriff's Department confirmed it has identified "two people of interest" in the case of a home invasion and the murder of a Crete grocery store owner, Francisco ...