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The Story of – Kandanos

and its return to life There is a large village in the southwestern central area of Crete which is called Kandanos. You can get there by following the route to Palaiochora. You will find...

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Recent Memories and Memorials

Deep in the heart of Crete, in the forever wonderful Amari Valley high in the hills south of Rethymno there are five or six villages on the western side of the valley on the...

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What Passing Bells . . .

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we shall remember them. It was at precisely eleven am on the eleventh of November in 1918 that the armistice was signed...

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Souda Bay War Cemetery, A Reply

Ray As I was reading your sad experience from Souda Cemetery it reminded me of a story told to me by a British soldier who fought in the Battle of Crete. His name is...

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Moments in Souda Bay War Cemetery

I spent a while this afternoon in the Souda Bay War Cemetery. Sometimes I just like to go there to sit and stare across the many neatly lined graves to the sea of Souda....