Places
Olive grove headquarters (1941)
6 events
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25 April 1941
General Freyberg moves to a new headquarters near Myloi
Early on 25 April 1941 Major-General Bernard Freyberg, commander of the New Zealand Division, was on his way to 'a new headquarters near Miloi'. In the next days Myloi was described as the headquarters of both W Force…
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26 April 1941
Prince Peter and Greek ministers wait at the headquarters
Baillie-Grohman's report lists who was at the headquarters at Myloi on 26 April 1941: General Wilson, Major-General Heywood, Rear-Admiral Turle, Brigadier Salisbury-Jones, Prince Peter of Greece, Admiral Sakellariou, the…
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26 April 1941
German paratroopers seize the Corinth Canal: Myloi is cut off
Shortly after seven in the morning of 26 April 1941 German paratroopers landed at the Corinth Canal and seized the crossing. The headquarters at Myloi was suddenly cut off from all troops still north of the canal.…
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26 April 1941
Wilson hands command in the Peloponnese to Freyberg
Later on 26 April 1941 Wilson told Freyberg that he would leave that night. Freyberg would take command of all troops still in the Peloponnese. 'From Myloi General Wilson departed in a Sunderland flying-boat for Crete…
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26 April 1941
Wilson's headquarters in an olive grove at the Tripoli road
On 26 April 1941 the headquarters of W Force was hidden in an olive grove at Myloi, where the trees gave cover from the German dive bombers. Wilson himself wrote that it lay 'close to where the road to Tripolis leaves…
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26 April 1941
At sunset the headquarters is abandoned and the party goes to the pier
'At sunset we abandoned our H.Q. and the whole party proceeded to Myli pier,' wrote Baillie-Grohman. The flying boat and the caique were there, but the destroyer that was to take off the rest of the staff had not yet…
People
- Bernard Freyberg Commander of the New Zealand Division (1941)
- Henry Maitland Wilson British general, commander of W Force in Greece (1941)
- Harold Tom Baillie-Grohman British rear-admiral in charge of the evacuation of Greece (1941)
- Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark Greek prince, liaison officer (1941)
- Alexandros Sakellariou Greek admiral, minister of marine (1941)
- Konstantinos Maniadakis Greek minister of public security
Pictures
Greece, 1941, in the field: Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson and Major General Bernard Freyberg (left to right). Australian War Memorial 128425 · public domain
