The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Corinth, Greece. C. 1944-11. This mosaic, comprised of photographs taken by aircraft of an RAF Middle East Photo Reconnaissance Unit, shows how the Germans blocked the Corinth Canal in an attempt to render it impassable to our shipping and transport. An inactive merchant vessel from Piraeus, the SS "Vesta" of 3350 tons, was sunk across the southern entrance to the Corinth Canal. Both road and rail bridges over the canal were destroyed and the canal blocked by two landslides. One bridge had been recently constructed by the Germans and had only just come into use. In addition, two pontoon bridges at the northern end were destroyed, piers were blown up and ferries sunk.
Corinth, Greece. C. 1944-11. This mosaic, comprised of photographs taken by aircraft of an RAF Middle East Photo Reconnaissance Unit, shows how the Germans blocked the Corinth Canal in an attempt to r
Corinth, Greece. 15 October 1944. This aerial view shows a new railway bridge (only just completed by the Germans) destroyed and two nearby landslides which blocked the canal.
CORINTH, GREECE. 1945-05-09. ITALIAN SHIP SUNK BY GERMANS TO BLOCK THE ENTRANCE TO THE CORINTH CANAL.
Corinth, Greece. C. 1944-11. The merchant ship sunk by the Germans across the entrance to the Corinth Canal at the Aegean Sea end.
Engineers building pontoon bridges on board SS Ionian just prior to the landing. The bridges were towed ashore and used as embarkation piers for the wounded.
Men of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company engaged in bridging the Somme Canal south of Peronne. The Germans had destroyed all bridges in the course of their retreat.
