This is a small battle which in reality was a major Greek victory. The Germans underestimated Allied strength in the area and launched a paradrop with only two companies of engineers.

In this scenario, there are only 37 counters, yet it plays “big “. The battlefield has varied terrain that allows both sides to try to outmaneuver each other in a chess match. Both forces are evenly matched. However, the Germans do have one huge advantage: AirPower. Not a tremendous amount, four turns worth. But this was enough to destroy key Greek positions.

The game started with the 7th Airborne DivisioParachute Engineer Battalion dropping in close to the bridge over the Kervis River. The 8th Greek Regiment was not caught off guard. Enough platoons were in the area to move in swiftly and capture three German leaders in the first turn and destroy a platoon step; the first German loss to the Greeks in three games. The Germans pulled together by the third turn and started to take a toll on the Greeks. The two Cretan platoons were completely destroyed in the 2nd turn. In the 4th turn, six Greek steps were killed off

By the 6th turn, the Greeks lost the bridge and two more steps. A German mortar was assaulted (assaults were comprised most of the combat) by a Greek 10-1-1 Lt. and two infantry units and. disrupted all three Greek units! And so the die rolls went. The final tally was that the Germans lost four steps, the Greeks eleven, and the bridge fell to the paratroopers.The game was mercifully stopped in the 9th turn with a German minor victory.