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ADHELE, CRETE. 1945-06-17. CIVILIANS IN THE VILLAGE IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
ADHELE, CRETE. 1945-06-17. CIVILIANS IN THE VILLAGE IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.131038
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ADHELE, CRETE. 1945-06-17. LOOKING EAST ACROSS WADI ADHELE FROM FORMER AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
ADHELE, CRETE. 1945-06-17. LOOKING EAST ACROSS WADI ADHELE FROM FORMER AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS (2/11TH BATTALION) ON HILL B, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETHYMNON.131086
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ADHELE, CRETE. 1945-06-17. THE SITE OF A FORMER AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION IN AN OLIVE ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
ADHELE, CRETE. 1945-06-17. THE SITE OF A FORMER AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION IN AN OLIVE GROVE IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.131037
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ADHELE, CRETE. 1945-06-17. THE VILLAGE IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
ADHELE, CRETE. 1945-06-17. THE VILLAGE IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.131039
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2/1 Australian Infantry Battalion positions
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
On a spur overlooking the airstrip at Rethymnon (or Retimo) showing the mountains to the south east. Very bitter fighting between an Australian infantry battalion and the German parachutists took plac...ART24056
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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT. 1975-09-30. MR N.J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AWM ACCEPTS A ...
Photograph
Maker: McJannett, Ray
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, ACT. 1975-09-30. MR N.J. FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR, AWM ACCEPTS A DONATION OF WORLD WAR 2 RELICS FROM MR MARKOS POLOOUDAKIS. THE RELICS WILL BE HOUSED IN THE AUSTRALIAN WAR...043489
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British heavy tank knocked out on the beach a Perevolia
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of a British tank abandoned on the beach, that had been knocked out during the German invasion of Crete in May 1941, near Retimo, Crete.ART24060
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Campbell, Ian Ross (Major General, 2/1st Bn, AIF b.1900)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Ian Ross
COPY OF DIARY DETAILING THE WITHDRAWAL TO RETIMO, SURRENDER OF THE UNIT TO GERMAN FORCES AND EVENTUAL TRANSPORTATION TO GERMANY. ALSO CONTAINS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT ENTITLED "LIFE OF I R CAMPBEL...PR82/186
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Church and village of Pigi
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Pigi and the Wadi Pigi lay between the positions of the 2/1st and 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalions at the time the German paratroops made their first attack on Retimo airstrip (Crete) in 1945.ART91041
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Colour note for painting of Rethymnon
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
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 ...ART23866
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CRETE. 1945-06-17. A BRITISH HEAVY TANK DITCHED ON THE ROADSIDE NEAR JUNCTION A DURING FIGHTING ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. A BRITISH HEAVY TANK DITCHED ON THE ROADSIDE NEAR JUNCTION A DURING FIGHTING AGAINST GERMAN PARATROOPS 1941-05, EAST OF PERIVOLIA, IN THE RETIMO (RETHYMNON) AREA.131092
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CRETE. 1945-06-17. A DEPRESSION (WADI) IN THE PERIVOLIA COASTAL STRIP NEAR RETIMO (RETHYMNON), ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. A DEPRESSION (WADI) IN THE PERIVOLIA COASTAL STRIP NEAR RETIMO (RETHYMNON), WHERE HEAVY FIGHTING TOOK PLACE BETWEEN GERMAN PARATROOPS AND 2/1ST AND 2/11TH BATTALIONS 1941-05.131083
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CRETE, 1941-06. A GERMAN PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT RETIMO AIRFIELD OF BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ...
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CRETE, 1941-06. A GERMAN PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT RETIMO AIRFIELD OF BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURED ON THE ISLAND. THE OFFICER SITTING DOWN WITH HIS BACK TO THE GERMAN MOTORCYCLE SIDECAR IS VX211 C...101185
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CRETE. 1945-06-17. DISTANT VIEW OF RETIMO (RETHYMNON) FROM ST GEORGE'S CHURCH ON HILL C, ABOVE ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. DISTANT VIEW OF RETIMO (RETHYMNON) FROM ST GEORGE'S CHURCH ON HILL C, ABOVE THE VILLAGE OF PERIVOLIA. THIS AREA SAW HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN GERMAN PARATROOPS AND 2/11TH BATTALION IN ...131074
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CRETE. 1945-06-17. LOOKING TOWARDS THE RETIMO (RETHYMNON) AIRFIELD FROM THE LOWER SLOPES OF HILL ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. LOOKING TOWARDS THE RETIMO (RETHYMNON) AIRFIELD FROM THE LOWER SLOPES OF HILL C, ABOVE THE VILLAGE OF PERIVOLIA.131078
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CRETE, 1941-05-20. MAP SHOWING THE DISPOSITION OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE RETIMO AREA AND GERMAN ...
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CRETE, 1941-05-20. MAP SHOWING THE DISPOSITION OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE RETIMO AREA AND GERMAN AIRBORNE LANDINGS. (COPIED FROM A WATERCOLOUR IN WAR DIARY OF 2/1ST INFANTRY BATTALION)044499
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CRETE. 1945-06-17. PERIVOLIA AND RETIMO (RETHYMNON) SEEN FROM FORMER 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. PERIVOLIA AND RETIMO (RETHYMNON) SEEN FROM FORMER 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR MILES TO THE SOUTH, LOOKING ACROSS A DEPRESSION (WADI) IN THE COASTAL PLAIN. THIS AREA S...131087
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CRETE. 1945-06-17. POINT Z ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. POINT Z ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETHYMNON. WHERE A GERMAN MEDIUM TANK APPEARED AT THE END OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN GERMAN PARAT...131098
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CRETE. 1945-06-17. THE COUNTRYSIDE LOOKING SOUTH FROM FORMER AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. THE COUNTRYSIDE LOOKING SOUTH FROM FORMER AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETHYMNON. THIS AREA SAW HEAVY FIGHTING IN 1941-05 BETWEEN GERMAN PARATROOPS AND THE 2/1...131085
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CRETE. 1945-06-17. VIEW OF THE MAIN COAST ROAD, SHORE AND AIRFIELD, LOOKING TOWARDS REFUGE POINT ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. VIEW OF THE MAIN COAST ROAD, SHORE AND AIRFIELD, LOOKING TOWARDS REFUGE POINT FROM FORMER 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETHYMNON.131089
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Engraved cigarette case : Sergeant R W Saunders 2/7 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cigarette case with matt gold coloured interior. The exterior surface of the case is stamped with a decorative waffle pattern. A small piece in the top left corner of the exterior does not have this ...REL/18642
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Free hand drawing by AIF soldier who escaped from Crete after the disastrous campaign. It shows ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Free hand drawing by AIF soldier who escaped from Crete after the disastrous campaign. It shows the area around Rethymnon, position of units, Allied and German, prisoner of war cages.MEB0021
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Medal of the Town of Rethymnon, Crete : 2/3 Field Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commemorative gilded medal with a pale blue watered ribbon attached to a simple ring suspender. The obverse shows the helmeted head of the Greek goddess Athena flanked by laurel sprays and Greek lette...REL38018
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Peck, John Desmond (Lieutenant, b.1922 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Peck, John Desmond
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX9534 Lieutenant John Desmond "Johnny" "Des" Peck DCM, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, Palestine...PR03098
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PERIVOLIA, CRETE. 1945-06-17. A BRITISH MATILDA TANK (DAMAGED IN 1941) ON THE BEACH IN THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
PERIVOLIA, CRETE. 1945-06-17. A BRITISH MATILDA TANK (DAMAGED IN 1941) ON THE BEACH IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.131042
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PERIVOLIA, CRETE. 1945-06-17. LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE NEAR RETIMO (RETHYMNON), LOOKING ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
PERIVOLIA, CRETE. 1945-06-17. LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE NEAR RETIMO (RETHYMNON), LOOKING TOWARDS ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, ON HILL C. THE CHURCH AND VILLAGE WERE DAMAGED IN FIGHTING BETWEEN GERMAN PARATRO...131082
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PERIVOLIA, CRETE. 1945-06-17. VIEW OF THE COUNTRYSIDE WITH MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND NEAR ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
PERIVOLIA, CRETE. 1945-06-17. VIEW OF THE COUNTRYSIDE WITH MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND NEAR RETHYMNON.131040
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PIGI, CRETE. 1945-06-17. CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS IN THE VILLAGE, IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
PIGI, CRETE. 1945-06-17. CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS IN THE VILLAGE, IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.131035
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PIGI, CRETE. 1945-06-17. CIVILIAN WALKING HIS DONKEYS ALONG THE ROAD IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
PIGI, CRETE. 1945-06-17. CIVILIAN WALKING HIS DONKEYS ALONG THE ROAD IN THE RETHYMNON AREA.131034
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Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd" (Colonel, b.1915 - d.1996)
Private Record
Maker: Plummer, Horace Sydney "Syd"
Collection relating to the war service of VX109 Colonel Horace Sydney Plummer, CMF, 2/1 Australian Machine Gun Battalion, and HQ S Command, Australia, United Kingdom Greece, New Guinea, 1929-1965. Co...AWM2016.609.1
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Refuge point and Hill "A"
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
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...ART24053
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RETHIMNON, CRETE, MAY 1941. AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY MEN'S GRAVES.
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RETHIMNON, CRETE, MAY 1941. AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY MEN'S GRAVES.P00317.001
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Rethmnon air strip
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
From 1941 positions of 2/1th Australian Infantry Battlalion on Hill 'A', CreteART23864
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Rethymnon
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The town Rethymnon is referred to in the Official War History as Retimo. As seen from ruins of Church on Hill "C" above the village of Perivolia. Bitter fighting between the German and the 2/1st and 2...ART24055
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), 1945-06-16. AIRFIELD AND COAST LOOKING FROM HILL A, THE SITE IN 1941-05 OF A ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), 1945-06-16. AIRFIELD AND COAST LOOKING FROM HILL A, THE SITE IN 1941-05 OF A 2/11TH BATTALION POSITION OUTSIDE STAVROMENOS.131054
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RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETIMO (NEAR THE AIRFIELD), WHERE 2/11TH BATTALION FOUGHT GERMAN PARATROOPS WHO LANDED THERE 1941-05.131046
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RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETIMO (NEAR THE AIRFIELD), WHERE 2/11TH BATTALION FOUGHT GERMAN PARATROOPS WHO LANDED THERE 1941-05.131050
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RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETIMO (NEAR THE AIRFIELD), WHERE 2/11TH BATTALION FOUGHT GERMAN PARATROOPS WHO LANDED THERE 1941-05.131051
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RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETIMO (NEAR THE AIRFIELD), WHERE 2/11TH BATTALION FOUGHT GERMAN PARATROOPS WHO LANDED THERE 1941-05.131053
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RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO, (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. A DEPRESSION (WADI) NEAR HILL A, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETIMO (NEAR THE AIRFIELD), WHERE 2/11TH BATTALION FOUGHT GERMAN PARATROOPS WHO LANDED THERE 1941-05.131044
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. BUILDING WHICH PRESUMABLY HOUSED A MORTAR.
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. BUILDING WHICH PRESUMABLY HOUSED A MORTAR.131026
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. BUILDING WHICH PRESUMABLY HOUSED A MORTAR.
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. BUILDING WHICH PRESUMABLY HOUSED A MORTAR.131025
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. BUILDING WHICH PRESUMABLY HOUSED A MORTAR.
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. BUILDING WHICH PRESUMABLY HOUSED A MORTAR.131029
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-19. COUNTRYSIDE SEEN FROM THE RETIMO (RETHYMNON) - SUDA BAY ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-19. COUNTRYSIDE SEEN FROM THE RETIMO (RETHYMNON) - SUDA BAY ROAD.131101
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. HILL D, SEEN FROM THE SITE IN 1941-05 OF THE 2/1ST ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. HILL D, SEEN FROM THE SITE IN 1941-05 OF THE 2/1ST BATTALION POSITION NEAR THE AIRFIELD.131061
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. HILL D, THE SITE NEAR THE AIRFIELD IN 1941-05 OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. HILL D, THE SITE NEAR THE AIRFIELD IN 1941-05 OF HEADQUARTERS 2/1ST BATTALION POSITION SHOWING IN FOREGROUND GERMAN TRENCHES DUG SUBSEQUENT TO BATTLE IN 1941.131065
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-17. LOCALS WITH THEIR DONKEYS AND CARTS IN A STREET.
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-17. LOCALS WITH THEIR DONKEYS AND CARTS IN A STREET.131041
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. LOOKING FROM THE SITE OF A GERMAN REGIMENTAL AID POST ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. LOOKING FROM THE SITE OF A GERMAN REGIMENTAL AID POST TOWARDS HILL A, SITUATED BETWEEN THE AIRFIELD WHERE GERMAN PARATROOPS LANDED AND THE OLIVE OIL FACTORY AT S...131049
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. LOOKING TOWARDS REFUGE POINT FROM THE SITE IN 1941-05 OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. LOOKING TOWARDS REFUGE POINT FROM THE SITE IN 1941-05 OF HEADQUARTERS 2/1ST BATTALION POSITION ON A SPUR OF HILL D, OVERLOOKING THE AIRFIELD.131066
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RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. POSITION IN WADI K WHERE IT IS PRESUMED THAT A BRITISH ...
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Maker: Krauth, Victor John
RETIMO (RETHYMNON), CRETE. 1945-06-16. POSITION IN WADI K WHERE IT IS PRESUMED THAT A BRITISH MATILDA TANK WAS DITCHED 1941-05-20.131057