The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
One of the ports in Crete at which survivors from Greece landed, including a boat-load of Australians. Heavy fighting took place for the town and determined attacks by German paratroops were repulsed. Eventually units of the Royal Navy evacuated the defenders when it was found imperative to withdraw from the island, Crete.
Seen from 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion positions on the spur overlooking the airstrip at Retimo, where heavy fighting took place in May 1941 when German paratroops landed here and had heavy cas
Rethymnon is discribed in the Official History of the War as "Retimo". Considerable fighting took place in this area in 1941 in which Australians and New Zealand evacuated from Greece, took part. The
In the Official War History, the town of Iraklion is referred to as Heraklion. Bitter fighting took place across this scene when the German paratroops invading Crete in May 1941, were met by the 14th
A village in the Pinios Valley near Tempe as seen from positions held by 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion during heavy attacks by Germans on the rearguard of the British forces withdrawing from Gre
Heavy fighting and bombing took place during the German attack on Crete in 1941. The sunken battleship HMS "York" is seen in the middle of the harbour, Crete.
One of the concentration areas for the embarkation of troops of the Anzac Corps, which included the 6th Australian Division, in the withdrawal from Greece. No actual embarkation took place here. Later