Battle of 42nd Street
1941 CE.
Shown on the map at 35.482°, 24.056°.
The Battle of 42nd Street was fought on 27 May 1941 during World War II on the Greek island of Crete between an attacking force of Australians and New Zealanders (Anzacs) and German troops. On 20 May, Germany launched a combined airborne and amphibious invasion of Crete. A week later, after the British and Commonwealth forces defending the island were forced to withdraw towards Chania, a force of several understrength Australian and New Zealand infantry battalions established a defensive line along 42nd Street south-east of Chania, forming a rearguard for the withdrawing troops. On 27 May, as a German battalion advanced towards the road, the Anzac defenders carried out a bayonet charge that inflicted heavy casualties on the German attackers, which forced them to withdraw and briefly halted the German advance. Afterwards, the Anzac troops kept retreating towards the southern coast of the island.
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