There exists a good website on the Battle of Pink Hill in the German invasion of Crete which was actually fought most of the day on May 20, 1941. Against an inferior New Zealand force, a crack German paratrooper force could not push this smaller, seemingly ill-prepared Kiwi unit off the rugged mountain. From the pictures, itappears to be much more substantial than 60 meters and be much steeper in its topography than PG map #98 suggests. In this scenario, the New Zealand Petrol Company and Composite Battalion have to hold Pink Hill against two companies of German paratroopers. The hill is only three hexes in size. The NZ force appears to be extremely ill equipped for its mission, which in part is to hold the hill for four hours. The outlook is bleak. Three hexes is a very small area to hold for this amount of time with its meager resources and inferior units in all aspects- less firepower and lower morale are especially glaring. The only thing that NZ has more of is a bit of off-board artillery.

But somehow it worked for the Kiwis. They dug-in on top of hill with their entire force. The Germans simply could not gain a foot hold on top of the hill as the NewZealanders disrupted, demoralized and slowly destroyed their repeated assaults on the dug in truck drivers. First Fire became a key reason why the Petrol Company was able to eventually wear down the German attacks. The final result was a minor victory for New Zealand. The only reason preventing a major was that they lost one hex out of the three on top of the hill, but the Germans lost a substantial eleven steps, while NZ lost four. However, the paratroopers were not entirely beaten. They would be back in the afternoon for a second try with a better prepared force.

The Kiwis appeared to be doomed.