Oz Forces in Greece/Crete

[Kurt Panzer Meyer]

WOW! Thanks for this!

First topic in this forum then :wink:

Since I am of Greek-Australian lineage (both parents from Greece, but I was born and raised in Oz... still here 8) ), does anyone have any stories or pics that they could link to this forum from these campaigns (Operations Martika and Mercury)?

[Dani]

Operation Merkur (English Mercury) was the name given to German invasion of Crete in May 1941.

German link:
http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/wk2/kriegsverlauf/kreta/

American link:
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/balkan/20_260_4.htm

British link:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_merkur.htm

Hellenic site:
http://www.fhw.gr/projects/cooperations/f_policy36_45/en/photo/400.html

[Kurt Panzer Meyer]

Ah, thank you sir. (Sometimes a Google will bring up some uselss junk). Your links should provide me (for the rest of tonight) with some some good reading.

Am also currently reading Antony Beever's "Crete" which is a great book, but has somewhat of a minimal account of ANZAC forces' accounts of the battles.

Cheers!

[Commando Jordovski]

Thank you FW-190 for replying to my request to make an australian forum.
:D :D :D
I was born and raised in Australia and so was my brother, but the rest of my family are english, i studied the Anzancs and interviewed several veterans from the War, One man that was the only survivor of 5 whole battalions that were bombed north australia by the japanese.

[Commando Jordovski]

WOW! Thanks for this!

First topic in this forum then :wink:

Since I am of Greek-Australian lineage (both parents from Greece, but I was born and raised in Oz... still here 8) ), does anyone have any stories or pics that they could link to this forum from these campaigns (Operations Martika and Mercury)?

What part of Aust. Kurt Panzer Meyer. ?

[Dani]

Another German link:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/dropzone/page2e.htm

http://img333.imageshack.us/img333/8731/kretatac3gd.jpg

Edited for map adding.

[Commando Jordovski]

Nice site.

[Kurt Panzer Meyer]

WOW! Thanks for this!

First topic in this forum then :wink:

Since I am of Greek-Australian lineage (both parents from Greece, but I was born and raised in Oz... still here 8) ), does anyone have any stories or pics that they could link to this forum from these campaigns (Operations Martika and Mercury)?

What part of Aust. Kurt Panzer Meyer. ?

VIC. You?

[Commando Jordovski]

Im W.A

[Hiddenrug]

NSW nice site too!! :)