Rapid Fire CRETE The Airborne Assault
A PDF version of the 32 page full colour booklet. Four scenarios for the four most important landings of Operation Mercury: the invasion of Crete by German fallschirmjager on 20th May 1941. Against alert New Zealand¸ Australian¸ British and Greek defenders¸ the parachute and glider assaults on Maleme¸ Prison Valley (east of Maleme)¸ Retimo and Heraklion were close fought battles that hung in the balance. Capturing the uncertainty of the real thing¸ these carefully researched scenarios are designed to be played with our Reloaded and Reloaded Extra rules (or RF2 if players prefer) and include historical backgrounds¸ full graphic orbats¸ battle maps and special rules.