CRETE, MAY 1941. THE BATTLE OF CRETE. GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOPS BEING LANDED FROM TROOP-CARRYING ...

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Accession Number P00149.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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CRETE, MAY 1941. THE BATTLE OF CRETE. GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOPS BEING LANDED FROM TROOP-CARRYING PLANES IN CRETE. VIEW OVER HERAKLION AND MALEME AERODROME. THE LARGE BLACK BLOBS ARE PARACHUTES AND THE BLACK PIN PRICKS BENEATH THEM THE PARACHUTISTS.