Caption

Part of a German military cemetery inaugurated in 1974 by the German War Graves Commission on a former battlefield in World War II on a heavily contested hill at altitude 107, Maleme, Crete, Greece, Europe

Date

May 21, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK24F74_397

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38,8Mb (4,9Mb) / 14,2in x 10,6in / 4252 x 3189 (300dpi)

Keywords

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