New Zealanders have blocked temporarily the advance of German invasion forces in Greece’s Thermopylae Pass.

It is the site of the battle 2,400 years ago between the Persian Empire and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Leonidas of Sparta.

The New Zealand effort has enabled the British Expeditionary Force to evacuate most of its troops and equipment for repositioning in Crete.

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