The 8th Greek Regiment lost communications with Creforce headquarters on the first day of the invasion. The New Zealand commanders had expected little of them, describing the troops as conscripts with three weeks of training, but they had managed to hold their position for five days. Ringel ordered two battalions of mountain troops to drive them from Alikianos and the high ground to the east

Col. August Krakau of 85th Mountain Regiment had just arrived on Crete, and he immediately took over his regiment and led it into this attack. Ringel would complain that the "drive on this occasion was below the standards later associated with good German regimental commanders" but the Army command apparently disagreed; Krakau was awarded the Knight's Cross for his leadership on Crete and promoted to command 7th Mountain Division one year later. Alikianos fell on the following morning and the regiment began a rapid march through the hill country south of the New Zealand defenses.

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.