Battle of Crete veteran Charles Clemett and Crete sailor Stafnos Spartalis stood side by side today as they laid a wreath in memory of the New Zealanders and Cretans who lost their lives 70 years ago ...

Captain (then Sergeant) Reg Saunders (centre) and troops on leave from New Guinea in 1943.(AWM 057894) In May 1941, 6,500 Australian troops took part in the desperate and ultimately doomed defence of ...

A ceremony was held at the Cenotaph in Hobart yesterday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Crete. Australian, New Zealand and British troops were sent to defend the Mediterranean ...

As German paratroopers fought to secure a foothold on Crete, Allied forces launched urgent counterattacks to regain lost ground. Around the vital Maleme airfield, New Zealand and British units tried ...

Liam Mason-Webb (left) and main reef bearer, battle veteran Brant Robinson of Whangamata, joined about 50 others to commemorate the Battle of Crete at the Mount RSA yesterday. Photo / George Novak ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When he thinks of his first time in Greece, one of Australia's oldest surviving Anzacs, Alf Carpenter, has a clear memory of hundreds of ...

More than 50 British and Australian warships were caught up in the maelstrom of Crete. The following ships all lost men during the battle. Battleships Warspite (damaged) — 19 dead, 24 missing, 69 ...

CRETE | Youngsters from various Crete schools tested their knowledge of about 30 books they had read in the past eight months at a recent Battle of the Books. Children in third through eighth grade ...

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