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Allied prisoners of war on Crete

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‘For you the war is over’. Dejected Allied prisoners of war pass German vehicles on their way back over the White Mountains from Sfakia. Most of those captured on Crete were held temporarily in a transit camp near Galatas before being transported to mainland Greece.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: DA-12646
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Allied prisoners of war on Crete, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/allied-prisoners-war-crete, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated