 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Krete yakanga yatorwa nemaGermanymuna MayJune 1941, uye yakatorwa neuto reGermany neItaly rainzi Fortress Crete. Mauto eItaly 51st Infantry Division Siena aiva nevarume 21 700, uye vakatora nzvimbo iri kumabvazuva kweLasithi. Zvichitevera chibvumirano chokumisa hondo chaSeptember 1943 vaItaly vaiva muCrete vakabviswa zvombo navaGermany pasina zvinetso zvikuru. Sedzimwe nzvimbo, vakapiwa chisarudzo chokuramba vachirwa pamwe chete neGermany, kana kuti kutumirwa kuReich sevasungwa vehondo kuti vaite basa rokumanikidzirwa. Vashomanene vakasarudza kupfuuridzira kurwa ndokuumba Legione Italiana Volontari Creta. 