Did you know?

• 83% of the Australian soldiers captured by the Italians and Germans came from the Greek and Crete campaigns?


• That the Australians who fought on the Greek mainland were the only ‘Anzac corps’ to fight in World War Two?


• That the campaign in Greece is regarded as the ‘Second Gallipoli’, yet is rarely discussed and often ignored?


• The Diggers who fought in Greece and Crete were never issued with a campaign medal?


• The soldiers were forbidden for many years to wear the medal issued to them by the Greek government on Anzac Day?


• The Aussies endured some of the worst aerial bombardment of World War Two, causing many to suffer from war neurosis or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?


• That Greece was rife with ‘fifth columnists’ or German collaborators and sympathizers who did not want to fight the Germans?


• The relationship they developed with the Greek people during the war, saved over one thousand Australian lives?