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Church and village of Pigi
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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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In village of Neo Khorion
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Maker: Dargie, William
During the German invasion of Crete in may 1941, Australian troops withdrew through this village to the evacuation beach.ART24065
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Old Cretan woman in fear, her goat, the devil of old and Australian troops
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Maker: Winters, Michael
Towards midday on Friday 22 May 1941, Captain Ralph Honner led C Company, 2/11th Battalion, through vineyards which were littered with the corpses of German paratroopers, into the tiny village of Cesm...ART92806
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The offering of bread from a village to an Australian soldier
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Maker: Winters, Michael
Corporal Frank Atkins of 2/11th Battalion, had, like the other Australian soldiers, fought in North Africa and Greece and now found himself on Crete facing a new German offensive. As Atkins marched ...ART92803
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Two Australian troops at Hora Sfakia
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Maker: Winters, Michael
Hofa Sfakia, a small village situated on the bony south coast of Crete, was the point where allied ships evacuated what troops they could. The allied troops, tired, thirsty and threatened had to trud...ART92801
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Velvendos village
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Maker: Dargie, William
View of Velvendos village on Crete with buildings, and the lone figure of a woman on the road in foreground. Blue and grey hills in background; ice-capped hills in the distance.ART23834