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Sfakia in World War 2

 

German military map 1943

German surrender
May 9, 1945

 

 

1941 Embarkation beach
at Chora Sfakion

Chora Sfakion 
June 1941

Chora Sfakion 
June 1941
Chora Sfakion, collection June 1941
Chora Sfakion 
June 1941
Copyright:  Bilddatenbank Bundesarchiv Koblenz ©

 

Paratrooper
May 1941

May / June 1941

Chania  1941
Nov 1943
Agia Roumeli 
Nov 1941
Copyright:  Bilddatenbank Bundesarchiv Koblenz ©

 

German military map
1941,  Sfakia

Askifou  May 1941
Retreat to south coast

Chora Sfakion
May 30, 1941
Waiting for embarkation
,
Chora Sfakion
June 1, 1941
Captured Allied  
Chora Sfakion
June 1941

 

 

Actual Sfakia-Pictures

Memorial ...

... of   executed ...

... Sfakian ...
... civilians
Kallikratis memorial
of executed civilians
 

War museum
Askifou / Sfakia 

Stuka propeller,
war museum Askifou

Memorial for the evacuation...
... of the Allied
end of May 1941
Memorial day 2006

 

 

Links:

The retreat   (NZ History)
Evacuation   
(NZ History)
Capitulation and Capture  (NZ History)

 

Sfakia in World War 2

Memorial Day WW2 Battle of Crete 1941  (50th Anniversary, May 18, 1991)
Memorial Day WW2   (63th Anniversary, May 18, 2004)
Memorial Day WW2   (65th Anniversary, May 14, 2006)

Kreta-Wiki (in German, with photos)

 

 

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