Allied commanders • Axis commanders
Maleme, 20 May • Hania/Prison Valley – Gruppe Mitte, First Wave
Rethymnon – Gruppe Mitte, Second Wave • Heraklion • Nightfall, 20 May
21 May • The German advance from Maleme • The Allied retreat to Sphakion
Queuing for food (as evidenced by the mess tins held by the soldier in the foreground) at a mess arranged for the Signals Section of the New Zealand Divisional Headquarters, located somewhere near Hania, soon after their arrival on Crete in May 1941. (Alexander Turnbull Library, DA-13085)
Corporal Cook (who has the pipe) along with other members of New Zealand 1st Machine Gun Company soon after their arrival on the island in early May 1941 – photographed by H.R. Hall. (Alexander Turnbull Library, DA-14274)