Olympus
(Place)
Mentioned in
- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 20 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
- List of Illustrations
- Index
- [section]
- Back to the Olympus Line
- Desperate Fighting at Platamon
- Crest Clearance on the Cloudy Slopes of Olympus
- 26 Battery at Kalabaka
- ‘Action Front: Tanks!’
- Action Overlooking Elasson
- Tempe: A Crucial Rearguard
- Retreat to Thermopylae
- Armed and Unarmed Parties
- The End and the Continuation
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- Bardia to Enfidaville
- Crete
- Divisional Cavalry
- Divisional Signals
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
- 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
- Prisoners of War
- Supply Company
- The Home Front Volume I
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- To Greece
- W Force Moves into Position
- New Zealand Division Moves up to Katerini
- The Problems of W Force
- The Aliakmon Line
- The Olympus Pass Defences
- The Coastal Route and the Platamon Tunnel
- Units Continue to Arrive
- The Allied Line is Changed
- 21 Battalion Moves up from Athens to the Platamon Tunnel
- Plans for the Withdrawal of the Allied Forces
- 12–13 April: Plans for a General Withdrawal
- 12 April: The Fighting in Klidhi Pass and the Withdrawal of Mackay Force
- 1 Armoured Brigade Group, including New Zealand units, withdraws from Grevena, night 14–15 April
- Anzac Corps delays the German Advance; Withdrawal Orders are Prepared
- The Positions of 5 Brigade about Olympus Pass
- The Germans approach Olympus Pass, Night 14–15 April
- The Main Attack, 16 April
- The Withdrawal of 5 Brigade
- The Rearguard assembles at Elasson
- Fourth Brigade Completes its Withdrawal, 18–19 April
- The Rearguard at Elevtherokhorion, 18 April
- The Selection of the Defence Line
- The Germans approach Thermopylae
- Appendix II — The Inter-Services Committee's Report
- Index
- Part I. GREECE
Image Gallery
.jpg "A spectacular 4th Field gun position at Olympus")
.jpg "Bishop Gerard conducts a service near Katerini, March 1941. Mount Olympus is in the background")
.jpg "Bivouac near Olympus pass")
.jpg "Field Supply Depot south of Olympus")
.jpg "In the snow at Olympus")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Olympus":
- 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.