"Greece has fallen, and control of the Adriatic is almost entirely within German hands. All that remains are the retreating British forces on the island of Crete. Despite concerns throughout the German military leadership that paratroopers will be ineffective at seizing control of the island, you must succeed. Take the British airfields and ports to allow your reinforcements to be flown and shipped in. Make sure no British soldiers escape, and complete the mission with the precision and speed of the Blitzkrieg."
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Primary Objectives
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- Capture and hold Maleme Airfield
- Capture and hold Retimo Airfield
- Capture and hold the port of Sfakia
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Secondary Objectives
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- Capture and hold the port of Suda
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Special Operations
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Germany - Kesselring's Forces
- Blitzkrieg
- Supply Drop
- Military Gear Up
- Corps Reorganization
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Walkthrough
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Start by retreating your infantry units to a safe place, then construct an Artillery Brigade building on your little piece of land to the north. Once you have that, land three units of heavy infantry next to your other three. Don't worry about the battleship in the water - it will destroy your planes, but only after they've dumped their cargo.
Once you have all six units of infantry on the island, use your Supply Drop special operation to heal the damaged ones. Once they're healed, destroy the nearby bunkers, infantry units, and anti-aircraft guns to take control of the airfield. A Corps HQ truck will land shortly, so be ready to build your base as fast as possible. You'll be attacked by infantry fairly constantly from the east, so have your infantry units ready to defend.
You'll want to build up to the point where you can construct and supply six units of Artillery Halftracks. Once you have them, start the slow trek to the east, crushing everything in your path. When you take the next zone, you can use it to resupply. After that, make sure you have the capacity to stretch your supply zone from here all the way to the north-east airfield.
You shouldn't have any trouble taking the north-east airfield, but be very careful once you have it - the enemy will sneak up the side of the screen and take it back if you're not paying attention.
The last area will not be easy to take. By now, you might've noticed that your base is getting bombed quite horribly. Crank out Engineers and start repairing the damage, and also crank out Anti-Aircraft Guns. If you don't have more Artillery Halftracks sitting around for defense against ground forces, you should build some. Or, if you don't want to do that, you should build a ton of gun emplacements. Either way, be ready to defend your base from air and ground assaults.
When you're ready, you should start using hit and run tactics against the final zone. Try to take out the airfields first if possible, then target the Mechanized Vehicles HQs. Don't forget about your V Weapons special operation. It can cause a great deal of damage, and it works amazingly well for destroying large concentrations of enemy vehicles.
Remember - as long as you still control the other two airfields, all you have to is take the southern town to win the mission. You don't need to destroy all of the enemy buildings or units, and you don't need to have control of the central town to the north.