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 ...

Over the course of 11 days in May of 1941, the beautiful Greek island of Crete was the scene of a fascinating battle between ...

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 ...

Raewynne Niwa attended the Battle of Crete commemoration service wearing her father Mel Askew’s medals. Askew, who died in 2019, was taken prisoner during the battle 83 years ago. Photo: VANESSA ...

As German paratroopers fought to secure a foothold on Crete, Allied forces launched urgent counterattacks to regain lost ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Crete has been marked in New Plymouth. On Thursday, about 25 representatives of the city’s Returned Services Association (RSA), Merchant Navy ...

Arthur Midwood and Phillip O’Neil, two veterans who fought for New Zealand in Crete, will take part in a wreath laying ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of the Battle of Crete at the National War ...