CRETE. 1945-06-17. PERIVOLIA AND RETIMO (RETHYMNON) SEEN FROM FORMER 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ...

Place Europe: Greece, Crete, Retimo
Accession Number 131087
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Krauth, Victor John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

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 SAW HEAVY FIGHTING AGAINST GERMAN PARATROOPS 1941-05.