<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliMuch of the island was left in ruins from heavy bombing, but Crete escaped the internal strife of the civil war that raged in mainland Greece 1947-1949 and felt fewer effects of the oppressive arule of the colonels 1967-1974 than other Greek communities.  <response>: Sehemu kubwa ya kisiwa hicho iliachwa katika magofu kutokana na mabomu makubwa, lakini Krete iliepuka mapigano ya ndani ya vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe vilivyotokea katika bara la Ugiriki 1947-1949 na kuhisi athari chache za utawala wa ukandamizaji wa wakoloni 1967-1974 kuliko jamii nyingine za Kigiriki. 