Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Galatos
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1941-1945]
Physical Description
card : ill. ; 140 x 90 mm
Level of Current Record
Single Item
Technique
Subject Category
New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German
McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995
World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war
World War, 1939-1945--Greece--Crete
World War, 1939-1945--Greece--Crete--Pictorial works
Content
"Peter McIntyre's first hand description of the parachutists landing on Crete says "all across the Cretan sky, in cluster upon cluster, like puffs opening into a cloud of monster thistledown, they came floating down upon us, the first airborne invasion in all history"." [Source: http://warart.archives.govt.nz/node/75].
Copyright
Auckland Museum CC BY
Last Update
26 Jun 2023
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