A Brenda gun crew of HMAS Perth rests after a full day of returning fire from German fighter aircraft during the evacuation of Allied troops from Sfakia, on the southern coast of Crete, 30 May 1941.
(Australian War Memorial [AWM] image P01345.016)

Greece and Crete

Chapters:

• That Greece might still be free ...
• We cannot leave Greece in the lurch
• A notable success
• A piece of Australia
• The roof is leaking
• We pulled him along
• When the stukas struck
• Come back - you must come back again
• Fancy seeing an Aussie girl too!
• Here you bloody well stay
• Adolf Hitler's isle of doom
• The place is alive with parachutists
• Guarding it even in death
• Remember this is war
• Sgt RA 'Snow' McBain MM
• Caught chickens and ate them raw
• Befriended by the Monks
• A great risk in a good cause
• Australia Hellenic Memorial
• Australian Military Forces: Unit Casualties in Battle  
• Maps of Greece and Crete

Image gallery

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