battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Rethymno
Battle of Rethymno was a battle fought on 20 May 1941 at Rethymno, in what is now Greece. It was part of World War II in the Balkans, which ran from 1940 to 1941. The recorded result: German victory.
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Where it sits in World War II in the Balkans
Record
| Date | 20 May 1941 | |
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| Place | Rethymno, Greece 35.370N, 24.520E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | • 1,270 Australian infantry; • Unknown number of support personnel; • 3,100 Greek soldiers & armed police | • One parachute infantry regiment: about 1,700 |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown; Almost all Commonwealth troops killed or captured | Unknown, but heavy |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Trahili 1943, 38 km SE
- Siege of Souda 1715, 43 km W
- Battle of 42nd Street 1941, 44 km W
- Battle of Crete 1941, 44 km W
- Siege of Vamos 1895, 45 km W
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Crete 20 May 1941
- All 3 engagements of World War II in the Balkans
Elsewhere in 1941
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
- Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
- Battle of Kiev Ukraine
- Siege of Sevastopol Russia
Battle of Rethymno is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872174, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Rethymno, revision 1373700237, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.