Julius Ringel’s 5th Mountain Division had been flown to Crete to join the paratroopers in their attack, and that’s exactly what he intended to do. As soon as the New Zealand attack on Maleme airfield had been repelled, the mountain troops replaced the airborne units on the defensive perimeter. And as soon as they had secured their positions, they began to expand them.

The mountaineers pushed the New Zealanders back off all their morning gains, but the Kiwis managed to stop the Germans short of Xamoudhokhori. Creforce headquarters believed that the Germans would next attack from the south with the intention of pocketing 5th Infantry Brigade. With the airfield lost, the New Zealanders made plans to fall back during the night.

Gebirgsjäger leaders in Parachutes Over Crete use conventional named ranks. The library was setup using German rank references.

The production print of map 98 is missing 3 town hexes, Avalanche press has created a Map 98 overlay to correct this oversight. Philippe Leonard has also created a very nice overlay for map 98 on Board Game Geek.