The Battle of Heraklian

The attack that came on the 20th of May was a massacre for the German parachutists. They were rained with fire from Australian, New Zealand and British troops. A very few prisoners were taken. Threiberg once again missed an opportunity to bring in artillery that was pointed at the sea  to turn it round and use it against the attackers. He cabled Cairo saying that he was certain that the three airfields held along with two harbors but Malimi was not secure. It had only been lightly defended at the start and the battalion that had survived there was unable to counterattack the German troops that were dug in the airfield. The requests for reinforcements for the