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| HMS York and tanker Pericles damaged at Suda Bay, Crete, Greece, late Mar-early Apr 1941 | HMS York and an oil tanker in Suda Bay, Crete, Greece, May 1941 |
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| Vice Admiral Andrew Cunningham and Major General Bernard Freyberg aboard HMS Phoebe off Crete, Greece, May 1941 | German paratroopers landing in Crete, Greece, 20 May 1941 |
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| German paratroops jumping from Ju 52 transports over Crete, Greece, 20 May 1941 | German paratroopers in Crete, Greece, late May 1941 |
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| A British truck and trailer burning after attacked by German Luftwaffe aircraft, Crete, Greece, 25 Jun 1941 | A pall of smoke hanging over the harbor in Souda Bay, Crete, Greece where two ships, hit by German bombs, were burning, 25 Jun 1941, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller in Crete, Greece, circa 1944 | Carrier USS Shangri-La (foreground) and nuclear-powered carrier USS Enterprise at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, 28 Feb 1964 |
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