Illustrations
Landing Stores For the British Garrison In 1940
An Anti-Aircraft Lewis Gun Overlooking Suda Bay, November 1940
General Sir Archibald Wavell, GOC-In-C Middle East, During His Visit To Crete In November 1940
New Zealanders From Greece Enter Suda Bay
March To the Transit Camp. The Officers At the Head Of the Column Are Major R. L. C. Grant (Left) and Capt D. M. Burns, Adjutant Divisional Signals
Meal-Time Under the Olives
Meal-Time Under the Olives
Cleaning Up
Men Of 19 Army Troops Company resting
A Group of 20 Battalion on the day of arrival. From left to right the officers in the foreground are: Lt M. G. O’Callaghan, Capt C. Wilson (back to camera), Lt J. D. Aiken, Lt G. A. Brown, Maj J. T. Burrows (back to camera), Lt D. J. Fountaine, Lt-Col H. K. Kippenberger, Capt D. B. Cameron, Capt M. C. Rice (standing), 2 Lt N. J. Mcphail (standing), 2 Lt C. H. Upham (holding mug), Lt R. L. D. Powrie
5 NZ Infantry Brigade HQ at Platanias. Back Row: Lt D. M. Mcfarlane (Holding Helmet), Capt R. B. Dawson, Maj E. A. Harding, Lt-Col L. W. Andrew, Lt-Col A. S. Falconer, Capt N. L. W. Uniacke. Front Row: Capt G. H. Hea, Brig J. Hargest, Lt-Col G. Dittmer, Capt W. W. Mason
New Zealanders in a village street
7 General Hospital west of Canea, showing Red Cross ground sign
German Paratroops preparing to emplane on a Greek airfield
The landing at Maleme
Wrecked Junkers 52 Troop-Carriers
‘For each man dangling carried a death, his own if not another’s.’ page 89
A crashed German glider
Junkers 52s dropping paratroops
A dead paratrooper in 19 Battalion area
Looking towards Canea from the west
Smoke clouds over Canea after bombing
Smoke pall over Suda Bay
General Freyberg watches the landing from his battle headquarters
Troops of 5 German Mountain Division ready to embark from Greece in Junkers troop-carriers
Troops of 5 German Mountain Division ready to embark from Greece in Caiques
Aerial photograph of Maleme Area and Airfield (1)
Aerial photograph of Maleme Area and Airfield (2)
Infantry counterattacking Maleme Airfield
Junkers troop-carriers burning at Maleme
Crete News
Ack-Ack fire scores a hit at Heraklion
Bombing at Heraklion
Ay Marina
A German machine-gunner covers the advance. Theodhoroi Island in the background
‘The Galatas Heights’ from the Alikianou–Canea road looking north-east. The feature on the left is Pink Hill, on the right Cemetery Hill. Galatas lies behind the centre feature
The Church at Galatas. German graves in foreground
Farran’s disabled tank in a Galatas street
Germans enter Galatas after the attack. Farran’s tank on left
A British destroyer hit by a bomb. The depth-charges have exploded. The ship is probably the Nubian, which subsequently reached Alexandria
Brigadier Hargest during the battle
Brigadier G. A. Vasey, commander of 19 Australian Infantry Brigade, the morning after his return from Crete
The Withdrawal from Stilos. A Bren Carrier shelters under a tree from air attack
Askifou Plain from the north
Filling water-bottle from a well
Pushing a truck over the bank at the end of the retreat
Sappers after the march over the mountains
A ravine leading down to Sfakia
Moving down towards the beach
Sfakia
Sfakia from the air. An arrow marks the beach
The village of Sfakia and the beach at the time of the evacuation
Creforce HQ Cave at Sfakia
Inside the cave Pte T. Hall, General Freyberg (centre), Capt J. A. V. Morse, RN
HMAS Nizam returns to Alexandria with troops from Crete
On board a destroyer
Injured serviceman being helped off a ship
Back in Egypt
Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, C-in-C Mediterranean, and Rt. Hon. Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, meet returning troops
Brigadier E. Puttick and Brigadier L. M. Inglis (photograph taken shortly after Crete campaign)
Staff-Sergeant T. Moir (second from left) who returned to Crete in February 1943 to help escapers, Shown with two cretans and an English airman. He was captured shortly after the photograph was taken.
Ravines in mountainous country crossed by escapers
The cove where the Royal Navy picked up Moir’s party