When Kurt Student focused his attention on Unternehmen Merkur, the stage was set to introduce the world to the airfield at Heraklion, Crete. The defenders included British, Australian and Greek soldiers. The write up for the book by by Yannis Prekatsounakis says succinctly, “The Battle for Heraklion - an epic struggle - remained largely forgotten and widely unstudied. Yet the desperate fight for Heraklion had everything: street-fighting in the town; heroic attacks against well-fortified positions and medieval walls; heavy losses on all sides…" Contents: - Six 11x16" map panels depicting the Heraklion airfield and surrounding area - Five half-sheets of counters providing all of the combat counters required - Eight new scenarios - Battlefield Walkaround - One AFV card (British Matilda II) Players are required to have the ATS Rules, playaids and generic system markers to make full use of this product. —description from the publisher