He had also named Name_conferral the operation `` Retribution '' in recognition of the losses that his destroyer forces had endured during the German occupations of Greece and Crete .

On 18 August , while passing Motion_directional the western shore of Crete , `` Leander '' was intercepted Preventing_or_letting and attacked Attack by `` Généreux '' , which had separated from the rest of the French survivors the day before .

Arab raids Attack reached Arriving a peak in the 9th and early 10th centuries , after the conquests of Crete , Malta and Sicily , with their fleets reaching Arriving the coasts of France and Dalmatia and even the suburbs of Constantinople .

Along with Italy 's stalled invasion Attack of Greece on 28 October 1940 , and the German-led invasion Attack of Greece ( Operation `` Marita '' ) and invasion Attack of Crete ( Operation `` Merkur '' ) , the invasion Attack of Yugoslavia was part of the German Balkan Campaign ( ) .

The city was sparsely defended Defending at the time as the majority of its army had been taken Motion to Crete by King Areus I ( 309–265 BC ) .

Bulgaria then seized Conquering Crete Simonet , thus threatening to outflank Besieging the Allies .