Return from Crete

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Return from Crete

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This early National Film Unit newsreel traces the aftermath of the World War II Battle for Crete. It shows the arrival in Egypt of defeated New Zealand soldiers after their evacuation. However more than 2000 New Zealanders were left behind and captured by the Germans. The film also features Lieutenant Winton Ryan, whose platoon acted as bodyguard to Greece's King George II — they accompanied him during his flight across Cretan mountain passes to safety. For the people back home Prime Minister...

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Video

Date created

1941

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/return-from-crete-1941

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lieutenant winton ryan / crete / greece / haka / maori battalion / troop train / transit camp / luger / swastika / nazi / destroyer / evacuation / charles upham / general bernard freyberg / peter fraser / prime minister

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