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Notes and questions, Greece/Crete - war oral history programme
Suggested questions for oral history interviews with veterans of the Greece/Crete campaign
Map of Greece and Crete, 1941
In April 1941 New Zealand soldiers saw their first action of the war in Greece. Stationed at first in the mountainous area in the north, they withdrew under heavy German attack to Mt Olympus and from there to Thermopylae Pass.
Cretan shepherds after the war
Two elderly Cretan shepherds at the memorial service for New Zealand soldiers killed during the Crete campaign, 30 September 1945
German paratroops over Heraklion
German transport planes drop paratroops over Heraklion during the Battle for Crete, 20 May 1941.
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