British SOE's Operation Landmark, led by Patrick Leigh Fermor and W. Stanley Moss, initially targeted General Müller but shifted to General Kreipe in 1944 Crete. A joint Anglo-Cretan team abducted Kreipe on April 26, bluffed through checkpoints, and evaded capture for weeks across the Psiloritis mountains, relying heavily on Cretan resistance networks in villages like Anogeia and the Amari Valley. Extracted May 14, the operation boosted Allied morale but led to severe German reprisals under Müller in August, including the razing of Anogeia and the Kedros Holocaust.

Six arrested in Crete, including a public official, for trafficking antiquities valued over €3M. Seizures included artifacts, weapons & narcotics.

The Municipality of Kantanos-Selinos has taken a significant step towards uncovering more of the region’s rich past by purchasing a parcel of land within the designated archaeological zone of ancient...