Island Invasion

Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today we'll show you the third and final map that will make its appearance in the patch. For this map, made by betatester DarkPepe and developer Fenring, we'll take a slight detour from Africa and go to the Mediterranean island of Crete. Unlike Sfakia, this map shows the airborne invasion of Crete. The Invasion of Crete is a remake of the original Crete 1941 from Forgotten Hope 0.7.

"Germany's war with Greece started when its ally Italy invaded the country in October of 1940. The Italian morale was low, and the invasion rushed and poorly planned. As a result the Italian armies failed to make much progress and in November the Greek armies pushed the Italians over the pre-war borders. Italy's failure forced Germany to intervene, as Commonwealth troops would be reinforcing the Greek armies. With the preparations of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, well underway it was imperative that the southern flank should be secure."

"On April 6th Germany invaded Greece and less than 3 weeks later it surrendered. The island of Crete however was still in allied hands. As allied bombers from Crete could reach the Romanian oil fields the island had to be taken. The German plan was to take Crete's airfields with paratroopers and glider infantry. Once under German control, more troops and heavier equipment could be landed there to take the rest of the island. So, on May 20th 1941, the airborne invasion of Crete codenamed 'Operation Merkur' began."

"The German Fallschirmjäger suffered appalling casualties during the initial landings. Their landing procedure involved an acrobatic roll upon landing, so it was not possible for the soldiers to carry their weapons during the descent. As a result their weapons were held in a container, which was dropped by the plane. Once on the ground the soldiers had to find the container and get their weapons and ammo out, but often this had to be done under fire from the allied troops."

"With the capture of Maleme airfield on May 21st the first reinforcements could be landed and by the evening of the same day the first Gebirgsjäger started arriving. Despite the casualties suffered, the Germans managed to hold their ground and on May 27th the commonwealth forces were forced to start evacuating the island."

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That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our IRC channel and our public forums to discuss this update and other news.