Junkers troop carrying aircraft waiting for the invasion of Crete

German troops waiting to embark on troop carriers for the invasion of Crete

German paratrooper on Junkers troop carrier before takeoff for the invasion of Crete

Wrecked German aerial troop carrier during the invasion of Crete

German troops preparing to embark on troop carriers for the invasion of Crete

World War II German paratroopers waiting to board aeroplanes for the invasion of Crete

World War II German paratroopers waiting to embark on aeroplanes for the invasion of Crete

Captured film showing axis destroyers en route southwards for the invasion of Crete

German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft dropping paratroopers in Crete during World War II

German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft dropping paratroopers in Crete, Greece, during World War 2

Transport entering Suda Bay, Crete, carrying NZ troops

LRDG column waiting for the surrender of Fort Traghen

Mobilizing the great army of invasion - soldiers preparing to leave for Manchuria, Tokyo, Japan

Netsuke [Benkei carrying the Bell of Miidera]

View of York aircraft warming up before taking off carrying Prime Minister Fraser, Bari Airport, Italy, Worl...

Kozuka with the Queen Mother of the West Carrying Peaches

The Waitress Osen of the Kagiya teahouse Carrying a Cup of Tea

View showing the space available inside a German troop carrying glider, Libya - Photograph taken by H Paton

4 helicopter carrying supplies to British forces in Northern Burma. This ivas the first time these aircraft ...

General Douglas Mac Arthur (second from left), accompanied by members of the Allied invasion forces, examine...

Children carrying water through the streets of Gessopalena, Italy

Waiting for the Moon on the Twenty-six Night in Takanawa, series Famous Views of Edo

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. Pre-Invasion Air Offensive (Europe). Monday, May 8, 1944 ... Vol. I...

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. Pre-Invasion Air Offensive (Europe). Monday, May 8, 1944 ... Vol. I...

Aerial view of Crete, Greece, during the bombing of Maleme Aerodrome in World War 2