N.Z. positions on the Thermopylae-Brallos Pass

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Accession Number ART23998
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 17.8 x 38.1 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Dargie, William
Place made Greece
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Drawing of the New Zealand positions on the Thermopylae-Pass, as seen from the direction of the German advance. New Zealand troops, forming with the 6th Australian Division, the ANZAC Corps, fought determined rearguard actions on this line of withdrawal of the British forces from Greece in 1941.