The battle for Greece & Crete.pdf - Army Museum of South Australia

AthensApril20 th Nurses_____________ Beaches___Megra‘P Beach’Navplion‘T Beach’Tolos_________Kalamata‘S Beach’24 th -25 th 5 Brigade 2/7 th Field Corps - Nurses Nil NilAmb& R.A.F25 th -26 th 19 Brigade & Nil 2/3 rd C.C.S. Nil Nilpart 1 ArmdBde26 th -27 th 6 Bde &remainder of1 Armd Bde.2/1 st Field Amb4 Bde Base Troops3 Royal Tanks4 HussarsBaseTroops16 Bde & 17 Bde4000 BaseTroops2/2 nd Field AmbCasualtiesDuring the eighteen days of the Greek Campaign large numbers of casualties occurred.Country Killed Wounded POWs Missing32049420652915991614AustraliaNew ZealandBritish -ArmyRAFPalestinian/CypriotsGerman (12 th Army)146}110} 25636116087}45} 1322533756480}28} 65083806------345Diary of a Greek TragedyOctober 1940Event7 th Germans invade Romania28 th Italians invade Greece from AlbaniaMarch 19417 th Allied Expeditionary Forces Arrive in GreeceApril 19416 th Germany invades Greece22 nd Greece surrenders to Germany27 th /28 th 43,000 allied troops evacuated from GreeceMay 194120 th ‘Operation Mercury’ – German invasion of CreteGermans repulsed at Heraklion and Retimo21 st Maleme taken by Germans27 th /28 th Evacuation of Crete by Allies commenced31 st Last Allied Forces leave Crete- 9 -