Image
The officers and crew of HMS Achilles march through Auckland on 23 February 1940. A crowd of 100,000 people turned out to welcome home the heroes of the Battle of the River Plate.
Credit
Image from Achilles at the River Plate, by S.D. Waters
War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1948
Further information about this image may be obtained from the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection website.
