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85 photos and 10 illustrations tagged crete, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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• greece
• navy
• ship
• 1941
• ww2
• worldwarii
• wwii
• hmassydney
• hmassydneyii
• arthurthomaswood
• royalaustraliannavy
• ran
• navalvessel
• navalpersonnel
• bartolomeocolleoni
• hskkormoran
• cruiser
• singapore
• australia
• westernaustralia
• 1930s
• 1940s
• bldigital
• publicdomain

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• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 58 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 13 photos & illustrations
• British Library 10 photos & illustrations
• Salt Research 8 photos & illustrations
• Nationaal Archief 4 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 2 photos & illustrations

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Soldaten in open vrachtwagen

from Nationaal Archief

• 5 older comments, and then…
• Leenke said:

  ** translation of describtion **
  
  Second World War. Soldiers in the trunk of a truck. One of them has a headwound. Greece, Crete, 1941.

• Seth Gaines said:

  These guys are probably captured Greek soldiers. Some of them are wearing the old French-style helmet. The guy in the background is a German.

• batvoca said:

  And the German in the background is a paratrooper (fallschirmjäger)

• Nationaal Archief said:

  Hartelijk dank. We zijn bezig met het verwerken van de reactie(s), ook op onze beeldbank.
  Hains Hamelink, Spaarnestad Photo (partner Nationaal Archief)

• garish82 said:

  Nationaal Archief, very good work.!

Soldaten achter stenen muur

from Nationaal Archief

• Drielbers said:

  Duitse Fallschirmjager

• Leenke said:

  ** translation of describtion ** Second World War. Soldiers are somewhat hidden behind a stone wall. Greece, Crete, 1941

• spotless oven said:

  German paratroopers - recognizable by their distinctive edgeless steel helmets

• stefanos pireorama said:

  iteanet.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post_2287.html#axzz1pjU... same story of Kontomari vilage in Chania Crete

HMAS SYDNEY (II) in a sea battle with an Italian destroyer in November 1940

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• Станислав Заплатин said:

  HMS Warspite under attack in Mediterranean