In the week that Rudolf Hess makes his flight to Britain, the Luftwaffe prepares for theirs to Crete. The British utilise their code-breaking methods and prepare for defence.

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Written and Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Producer: Joram Appel
Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Sound design: Marek Kamiński
Map animations: Eastory (https://www.youtube.com/c/eastory)

Colorizations by:
- Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/
- Olga Shirnina, a.k.a. Klimbim - https://klimbim2014.wordpress.com/
- Daniel Weiss
- Carlos Ortega Pereira, BlauColorizations, https://www.instagram.com/blaucolorizations/
- Dememorabilia - https://www.instagram.com/dememorabilia/

Sources:
- Imperial War Museum: E2623, E 3222, E 3237, E 3233, E 3238, E 3228,
- Bundesarchiv, CC-BY-SA 3.0: Bild 183-R14128A, B 145 Bild-F016230-00007, Bild 141-0864, Bild 183-L19017
- National Portrait Gallery
- Artillery by Creative Mania from the Noun Project
- Oil barrel by Musmellow from the Noun Project
- Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
- Photo from Bletchley Park, Sourse: Bletchley Park Trust
- Photo of Battista Volpini courtesy La Stampa

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