Heraklion was indescribable after the bombing. In the Mourtzis Arcade on Evans St., bombs had cut the high voltage underground cable that supplied all the town's suburbs and the aerodrome. Perhaps the biggest bomb of all had fallen on Arkadiou Square. It must have weighed up to a ton, and had dug a huge crater 20 metres across and 10 metres deep. Another large half-ton bomb had fallen on Amaltheia St, but hadn't exploded. I can also remember another big bomb that had fallen four metres from the north side of the bell tower at Agios Minas and hadn't gone off. At that time there was an old Czech disposal expert called Martines living in Heraklion, who took on the job of defusing the unexploded bombs. If he hadn't seen to defusing the bomb at the Agios Minas bell tower, it would have caused massive damage.
A bomb had also fallen in Daskaloyianni Square, cutting off the town's water supply.The water ran into large holes that had appeared, and people would gather it in buckets.
The only places where German bombs hadn't fallen were Agia Triada and Kizil Tambia....
