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By deTraci Regula, About.com Guide to Greece Travel

Blast from the Past

Friday August 15, 2003
New documents reveal that the fierce Cretan resistance to the Nazi paratrooper invasion during the Battle of Crete prevented Hitler from conquering Iraq and seizing its then-cheap oil. The "Athens News Daily" has the full story of a remarkable episode in modern Greek history that changed world history.
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