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Watch Timewatch online: Episode 6 Hitler, Churchill and the Paratroopers

Recalls the WWII battle for Crete in 1941 - the first entirely airborne invasion and places it in a wider historical and military context. The German victory was achieved at a high cost, and Hitler and Churchill drew entirely opposite conclusions from the event. Includes contributions from German and British veterans of the battle and archive footage.

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