War Documentary hosted by Ian Cross, published by Pilot Productions in 2020 - English narration
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This three part documentary tells the story of the famous World War 2 battle and the four year German occupation of the Greek island of Crete that followed.
The resulting German and Italian occupation of Crete was marred by massacres on both sides: of both German soldiers and Greek partisans and civilians. More than 8,000 Cretans lost their lives in the resistance. When 20,000 Italians surrendered in 1943 they were made POW's too but almost a third drowned at sea after German merchant ships carrying them to the mainland were torpedoed by British submarines. These forgotten tragedies constituted one of the world's biggest maritime disasters.
With the help of documentary footage from the day, CGI, expert contributors, and survivors, we're visit the island of Crete and it's battlefields to tell the story of this unique and bloody battle and its aftermath.
Written, Produced and Directed by Ian Cross ; Produced by Pilot Film and TV Productions
2) Evacuation
Allied forces were evacuated off Crete's south coast in a dangerous operation that cost the lives of almost 1000 British seamen and Allied soldiers. Protected by a series of bloody and heroic rear-guard actions to slow down the German advance, thousands of soldiers embarked on a forced march over the mountains of central Crete to meet Royal Navy ships which would take them 400 miles across the Mediterranean to Alexandria in Egypt. This was a mini Dunkirk but many didn't make it. Thousands were left on the beaches as the last ship left. Hundreds made their own way to Africa by whatever means including small boats or else headed for the hills where they hid out for months even years living in caves or protected by Cretan families. More than 10,000 Allied soldiers were taken Prisoners of War.
Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4 Video Bitrate: 3 489 kb/s Video Resolution: 1920x1080 Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps Audio Codec: AC3 Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz Audio Streams: 2 Audio Languages: english RunTime Per Part: 51 min 21 s - 54 min 22 s Number Of Parts: 3 Part Size: 1.34 GB Source: HDTV (Thanks to CBFM) Encoded by: DocFreak08
