Whilst Moss had hoped that the ambush might have saved Anogeia , Müller , now the German commander in Crete , had further strategic reasons for reprisals and terror across Crete in order to assist the German planned evacuation from much of the island to Chania as well as not wishing to let Anogeia go unpunished for years of resistance . Anogeia dwellers had been actively involved in , and given refuge to , the resistance for many years , had killed the Sergeant Commander Olenhauer and the garrison from Yeni-Gave and had also provided shelter to the abductors of General Heinrich Kreipe . His order of the day to destroy Anogeia was specific and retrospective . His order reads : - As a result of Müller 's order , about 30 residents of Anogeia were executed , the village was systematically pillaged for more than 20 days and eventually razed to the ground
reprisals and terror across Crete
Holocaust of Kedros
Damasta sabotage