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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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Vliegtuigen en parachutisten boven Kreta

from Nationaal Archief

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

  ** translation of describtion ** Second World War. Airplanes and parachutes flying above Crete. Greece, Crete, 1941

• spotless oven said:

  German paratroopers jumping from JU 52 cargoplanes

• Phanatic said:

  Most of whom ended up casualties. This attack so devastated the German paratroop units that they were never again employed in mass jumps.

• Dietmar Heinz said:

  Zweiter Weltkrieg. Flugzeuge und Fallschirme über Kreta. Griechenland, Kreta, 1941.

• oximois said:

  Seconde Guerre mondiale. Avions et parachutistes allemands au-dessus de la Crète. Grèce, Crète, 1941.

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

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Geoff Eastwood said:

  Well it has been captioned , in a vernacular sort of way ...

Submarine sunk by HMAS STUART

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• avro99 said:

  The sinking of the Italian submarine GONDAR by HMAS STUART in September 1940, is described in detail in the Second World War Official Histories (Australia), Vol.1 "Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942" Chapter 5, Pages 222-224. Available online from Australian War Memorial" www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1417446