The Germans withdrew from Crete - almost bloodlessly - during October 1944, at the same time that their forces were abandoning mainland Greece.

OSS and SOE agents were heavily involved in Crete at the time, and in fact the Allies were more concerned that harassment to the Germans from partisans of ELAS ( Nationalist ) and EOK ( Communist ) would lead to a civilian bloodbath as reprisal from the German forces.

After the Germans withdrew, the Allies were again concerned about fighting between ELAS & EOK and a possible Communist takeover.

I must say that it is extremely complex to read about ; there's a very good account of all this in Antony Beevor's book 'Crete'.

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