Mainland Greece had already capitulated to the nazi hordes in April 1941 and on the morning of May 20, 1941, German airborne troops initiated their attack against the island of Crete, the last bastion of the Allied forces in Greece.
On April 29, 1941 just two days after the Germans entered Athens, they appointed as their puppet prime minister general Georgios Tsolakoglou, the same person who rushed to sign the capitulation of he Greek Army on April 20.
The Greek "Quisling" immediately imposed strict rules on newspapers, making them pro-nazi tools, a move that was all too evident during the Battle of Crete.
On these two front pages from Greek dailies, dated Saturday May 31st 1941 ("I Vradyni" above) and Tuesday May 27, 1941 ("Acropolis" below), we can see details of the Battle of Crete from a German point of view.
The title in the first one ("I Vradyni" above) reads as follows: "German mountain troops ready to take Hania, fierce fighting with New Zealanders" and a side story reads out as follows: "British beasts torture German POWs". The story is signed by a German war correspondent, obviously translated in Greek.
The second one ("Acropolis" below) mentions the following: "The German army is marching eastwards in Crete towards its objectives. Why the Battle of Crete is of such an importance."
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