
Maleme German War Cemetery
📍 Maleme, Ταυρωνίτης, Grecia
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Maleme is best known as a landing site for German paratroopers invading Crete in 1941, at the start of the Battle of Crete (Operation Mercury) during World War II. The paratroopers captured the airstrip that was located just outside the town; once captured, this airstrip allowed the Germans to airlift in the reinforcements needed to capture the rest of the island. Many of the paratroopers lost their lives in the attack and are buried in the German war cemetery located on a hill above Maleme. There is an Royal Air Force (RAF) Memorial to the airmen of 30 and 33 Squadrons who died during the battle. The memorial is located outside Maleme and overlooks the Iron Bridge across the Tavronitis River.
Defuncți (4.778)
Nifgold
1915 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Schneider
Maleme German War Cemetery

Lasche
Maleme German War Cemetery

Hilmara
Maleme German War Cemetery
Müller
Maleme German War Cemetery

Geistert
Maleme German War Cemetery

Ludwig Abele
1918 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery
Jäger

Heinz Abeling
1917 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery
Obergefreiter

Gustav Abels
1909 – 1944
Maleme German War Cemetery
Unteroffizier

Wilhelm Abendroth
1920 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery
Oberjäger

Gustav Abitz
1913 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery
Obergefreiter

Adam Acker
1915 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Franz Ackerl
1915 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Friedrich Ackermann
1913 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Erwin Adam
1914 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Günter Adam
1920 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Willy Adamy
1915 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Hermann Adler
1916 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Paul Adler
1915 – 1943
Maleme German War Cemetery

Willi Adolf
1919 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Karl Agne
1917 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Anton Ahamer
1921 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Heinrich Ahlbrecht
1918 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Heinrich Ahlers
1917 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Heinz Ahlmann
1917 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Erich Ahrens
1916 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Werner Aichele
1920 – 1943
Maleme German War Cemetery

Ludwig Aidenberger
1916 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery
Obergefreiter

Karl Aigenbauer
1919 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Wolfgang Albers
1916 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Franz Alberstadt
1918 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Michael Albert
1915 – 1944
Maleme German War Cemetery

Willi Albert
1917 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Erich Albert
1915 – 1942
Maleme German War Cemetery

Ferdinand Albrecht
1916 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Herbert Alfeld
1924 – 1944
Maleme German War Cemetery

Karl Allgaier
1918 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery
UNTEROFFIZIER

Herbert Allien
1919 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Friedrich Allmendinger
1909 – 1944
Maleme German War Cemetery

Karl Almer
1915 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Kurt Alte
1917 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Martin Alte
1915 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Hubert Altenbach
1921 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Hubert Altenberger
1920 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Wilhelm Althausen
1914 – 1944
Maleme German War Cemetery

Heinz Altmann
1921 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Eugen Amberger
1909 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Rudolf Amelang
1920 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Artur Amenda
1917 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Helmut Amm
1912 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Robert Ammer
1921 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Heinz Andreas
1918 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Heinrich Andrejewski
1920 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Josef Andres
1919 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Helmut Andresen
1975
Maleme German War Cemetery
OBERGEFREITER

Johann Angerer
1920 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Hans Angerer
1917
Maleme German War Cemetery

Herbert Angermann
1919 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Josef Angermeier
1919 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery

Hermann Angermueller
1919 – 1941
Maleme German War Cemetery