Olympus Pass
(Place)
Mentioned in
- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 21 Battalion
- 22 Battalion
- 23 Battalion
- 24 Battalion
- 25 Battalion
- 26 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- Battle for Egypt
- Divisional Cavalry
- Divisional Signals
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Journey Towards Christmas
- Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
- Petrol Company
- Supply Company
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- To Greece
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- W Force Moves into Position
- New Zealand Division Moves up to Katerini
- The Monastir Gap
- The Aliakmon Line
- The Coastal Route and the Platamon Tunnel
- The Supply Problem
- The Allied Commanders Decide to Withdraw
- Fourth Brigade Group is Withdrawn
- 21 Battalion Moves up from Athens to the Platamon Tunnel
- Withdrawals and Adjustments during 9–10 April
- The Withdrawal of 6 Brigade
- Fourth Brigade Group
- The German Plan of Attack
- Anzac Corps delays the German Advance; Withdrawal Orders are Prepared
- The Withdrawal Plans have to be Changed, 16 April
- New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment Witbdraws to the Main Defence Line
- The Germans attack 21 Battalion above the Platamon Tunnel
- 21 Battalion Withdraws through the Pinios Gorge
- The Transfer of 16 Australian Brigade to Pinios Gorge
- The Positions of 5 Brigade about Olympus Pass
- The Germans approach Olympus Pass, Night 14–15 April
- The Main Attack, 16 April
- 5 Brigade begins its Withdrawal, Night 16–17 April
- The Withdrawal of 4 Brigade, 17–18 April
- The Withdrawal of 5 Brigade
- The Rearguard at Elevtherokhorion, 18 April
- The Germans approach Thermopylae
- Index
Image Gallery
.jpg "19 Army Troops building a road in the Olympus Pass")
.jpg "4 Company with 5 Brigade at Olympus Pass")
.jpg "4 Field Ambulance MDS on slopes below Olympus Pass, Dholikhi, April 1941")
.jpg "In the Olympus Pass. Divisional Headquarters at Dholikhi")
.jpg "J. S. Clark of the 4th Field and the highest 25-pounder in Europe—Olympus Pass")
.jpg "Looking north-east to Katerini from 28 Battalion position in Olympus Pass")
.jpg "Looking towards Katerini from the Maori Battalion positions in Olympus Pass—a post-war photograph")
.jpg "New Zealand engineers build a road in the Olympus Pass")
.jpg "New Zealand provost on point duty, Olympus Pass")
.jpg "New Zealand provost on point duty, Olympus Pass")
.jpg "Olympus Pass Positions, 13-17 April 1941")
.jpg "Petras Sanatorium, below Olympus Pass")
.jpg "Preparing gun positions in the Olympus Pass")
.jpg "The 4th Field in the Olympus Pass")
.jpg "View from A Company headquarters tent in the Olympus Pass. Lt Bruce Baxter is in the center")
.jpg "View from the main road in 22 Battalion's sector—looking east from the exit of the gorge on the eastern side of Olympus Pass")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Olympus Pass":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.