Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, was a British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th governor-general of New Zealand from 1946 to 1
Freyberg in 1952
Bernard Freyberg c. 1904. at Te Aro Baths, now the site of The Freyberg Pool
Freyberg with Sub Lieutenant Rupert Brooke at Lemnos, 1915.
Bernard Freyberg in 1919
Battle of Crete
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The Battle of Crete, codenamed Operation Mercury, was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island of Crete.
Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
…the Salamander" due to his ability to pass through fire unharmed. During the Second World War, he commanded the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Battle of Crete, the North African campaign and the Italian campaign. Freyberg was involved in the Allied defeat in the Battle of Greece, defeated again as the Allied…
German Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete, May 1941
Major-general Freyberg (right), Allied commander at the Battle of Crete
A Fallschirmjäger and a DFS 230 glider in Crete
German mountain troops board a Junkers Ju 52 for Crete, 20 May 1941.