Savige Force
(Organisation)
Mentioned in
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- To Greece
- 1 Armoured Brigade Group, including New Zealand units, withdraws from Grevena, night 14–15 April
- 15 April: The Situation becomes More Serious
- Anzac Corps delays the German Advance; Withdrawal Orders are Prepared
- The Withdrawal Plans have to be Changed, 16 April
- The Withdrawal continues through Kalabaka, 16 April
- The Transfer of 16 Australian Brigade to Pinios Gorge
- The Positions of 4 Brigade about Servia Pass
- The Withdrawal of 5 Brigade
- The Rearguard assembles at Elasson
- Fourth Brigade Completes its Withdrawal, 18–19 April
- Sixth Brigade covers the Withdrawal, 18 April
- Savige Force, including some New Zealand detachments, Withdraws from Kalabaka
- The Selection of the Defence Line
- Allen Force is Threatened with Encirclement
- The Orders for Withdrawal
- The Rearguard Action in the late afternoon, 18 April
- The Germans approach Thermopylae
- Anzac Corps assembles on the Thermopylae Line
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