 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa30 April 1941 Major-general Bernard Freyberg, uyo akanga abviswa kunyika huru yeGreece ne2nd New Zealand Division, akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru muKrete. Akataura nezvokushomeka kukuru kwezvombo zvinorema, midziyo, zvinhu uye nzira dzokukurukurirana. Midziyo yakanga iri mishoma muMediterranean, zvikurukuru mumhenderekedzo yegungwa yeKrete. Mauto eBritain aiva muKrete aiva nevatungamiriri vanomwe mumwedzi minomwe. Hapana zvikamu zveRoyal Air Force RAF zvaive zvakavakirwa zvachose paKrete kusvika muna Kubvumbi 1941 asi kuvakwa kwenhandare yendege kwakaitika, nzvimbo dzeradar dzakavakwa uye zvitoro zvakaendeswa. Pakasvika mavambo aApril nhandare dzendege paMaleme neHeraklion uye nzvimbo yokumhara paRethymno, dzose dziri pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuchamhembe, dzakanga dzagadzirira uye imwe nzvimbo paPediada-Kastelli yakanga yava kuda kupedzwa. 