![]() The naval battles of Cape Spada near Crete in July 1940 and Matapan off the western coast of the Peloponnese in March 1941 were great Allied victories, together effectively crippling the Italian Navy’s surface fleet. The naval aspect of the Greek campaign stretches from 1940 to 1941.This saw some of the major naval engagements in the Mediterranean during the Second World War. Today I write about the major role played by the Australian Navy during the battle to defend Greece from Axis invasion in the Second World War. ![]() Australian warships sailed Greek waters during the First World War, the RAN’s AE2 submarine harbouring at Lemnos. One of the often overlooked elements of that link is the service of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). From the role of Lemnos in the Gallipoli campaign to the battles of the Greek campaign of 1941 and beyond, these titanic struggles are at the centre of the Hellenic link to Australia’s Anzac story. Every Anzac Day Australians and Hellenes remember the periods in history when our two nations were bonded together in the dark days of war. ![]()
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