Platamon
(Place)
Image Gallery
![[untitled figure]](/etexts/WH2-2Epi/WH2-2Epi-iP001a(h280).jpg "[untitled figure]")
.jpg "German publication — German transport driving south on the railway at Platamon. The villa is prominent also in the photograph on the right")
.jpg "Loading up a donkey between Platamon and Tempe")
.jpg "Mount Olympus from Platamon")
.jpg "New Zealand positions at Platamon castle under bombardment. Mounts Ossa and Pelion are in the background")
.jpg "New Zealand positions at Platamon castle under bombardment—from a German magazine")
.jpg "The castle on the ridge at Platamon")
.jpg "The coastline north of Platamon from the castle. The railwayruns to the left")
.jpg "The coastline north of Platamon from the castle—the railway is on the left")
.jpg "The railway, villa, and coastline looking south from Platamon castle")
.jpg "The ruined castle dominating the ridge at Platamon")
Mentioned in
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 21 Battalion
- 23 Battalion
- 24 Battalion
- 25 Battalion
- 26 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- Battle for Egypt
- Divisional Signals
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- 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
- Prisoners of War
- Supply Company
- To Greece
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- New Zealand Division Moves up to Katerini
- The Olympus Pass Defences
- The Coastal Route and the Platamon Tunnel
- The Supply Problem
- General Wilson's Defence Plans on 6 April
- Fourth Brigade Group is Withdrawn
- 21 Battalion Moves up from Athens to the Platamon Tunnel
- Withdrawals and Adjustments during 9–10 April
- 12–13 April: Plans for a General Withdrawal
- General Wilson decides to Withdraw to Thermopylae
- Anzac Corps delays the German Advance; Withdrawal Orders are Prepared
- The Withdrawal Plans have to be Changed, 16 April
- Movements to and from Servia Pass
- The Germans attack 21 Battalion above the Platamon Tunnel
- 21 Battalion Withdraws through the Pinios Gorge
- The Positions of 5 Brigade about Olympus Pass
- The Germans approach Olympus Pass, Night 14–15 April
- The Selection of the Defence Line
- The Germans enter the Pinios Gorge, Afternoon 17 April
- The Problems of the Campaign
- Index
