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Many aeroplanes, many aeroplanes…!

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Ewen McQueen

It is an overcast late afternoon at Maleme airfield in Crete. The place is packed with local Greeks. They are here for the annual service to remember the Battle of Crete. Included is a re-enactment of the day in 1941 … Continue reading →

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We fought for them. They fought for us.

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Ewen McQueen

It was a sunny blue morning. But the skulls had bullet holes in them. They were in a glass case within a monument above the village of Sfakia on the south coast of Crete. The plaque noted they had been … Continue reading →

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A time to fight – Galatas remembered

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Ewen McQueen

Today the road to the village square was quiet. Seventy-eight years ago it was a cacophony. The thud of boots, smashing glass, a clattering tank. The latter roared its way up this narrow lane between the houses. Behind it a … Continue reading →

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