Les Cook, believed to have been the last surviving ANZAC veteran of the Battle of Crete, has died at the age of 103. Credit: ...
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 ...
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Company of Heroes: Battle of Crete Battle of Crete is a modification for Company of Heroes. Mod based on real historical event during WW2 between May 20 and ...
The Fortress of Bir Hakeim served as one of the most important strongholds of the Free French Army against General Erwin Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika. In May 1942 around 3700 soldiers of the 1st Free ...
The picture is set during Battle of Greece and Crete Battle in 1941, after the fall of the mainland when the Germans entered Athens.
One of the last remaining Anzacs, Alf Carpenter. He fought in the battle of Crete in 1941. Alf Carpenter with a Polish soldier (right) in 1940. Corp Catley, Alf Carpenter and Private Jim Staples in ...
The men in the 100-odd Hurricanes, Beaufighters and Baltimores were mostly Britons, with an eager edge of Greeks. For the first time the Royal Hellenic Air Force, built up in the Middle East, was ...