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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/Crete 1941
In April 1941 New Zealand soldiers saw their first action of the war in Greece. They were at first stationed in the mountainous area in the north, but under heavy German attack withdrew to Mount Olympus and from there to Thermopylae Pass.
New Zealand soldiers farewelled in Athens
New Zealand soldiers are farewelled by the people of Athens, April 1941.
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