Battle of Crete (Napoleon's World)

The Battle of Crete was the first engagement between the European Alliance and Turkey and her Arab allies during the Black Sea War, shortly after the Allies entered the war in early 1959. The  Marine Imperial conducted major operations beginning on March 2 to seize Crete from Turkey, reinforcing Cretan State forces and launching a major offensive composed primarily of Germano-Danubian forces on March 10. Despite a high casualty toll on March 10-12, the Turkish garrison as overwhelmed and surrendered to the man after sustaining heavy losses, and Crete was the first official victory by the Allies in the war. The semi-autonomous Cretan State would be dissolved after the war and the island joined with Greece.