Plaque on a war memorial on the island of Crete showing the local people fighting German Paratroopers during the World War Two.

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Plaque on a war memorial on the island of Crete showing the local people fighting German Paratroopers during the World War Two. During the Battle of Crete, German paratroopers were dropped in large numbers and many met their fate at the hands of the mobilised populace.

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Size: 3241px × 4862px
Location: Gavalochori, Vamos, Crete, Greece
Photo credit: © Innovation Works UK Ltd / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1941, battle, cretan, crete, fighting, gavalochori, german, greece, history, karl, marble, memorial, paratrooper, plaque, student, vamos, war, world, ww2