Allied War Cemetery Souda Bay — Attraction in Municipality of Chania

I by no means sought the memorial out but I am certainly interested in the many terrible conflicts of WW2. I wasn’t prepared for the intensity that came with the great silence, one could say a respectful air even from Mother Nature herself. There is always the most heartbreaking presence to these places that is almost impossible to lay a finger on and to try and give it a word is impossible. What I will say however is just how close I came to missing this site and I do feel richer for having spent time there with my family. Sacrifice is a word we now have very little true sense of. Sacrifice to the men women children all those decades past was not something, I’m sure, crossed their minds. Fear and total terror with a mixture of do or die probably forced a lot of people into places a few months previously they’d never even dreamed of. What this memorial like so many others does is simply pay the most glorious eternal respect to those that knowingly, unknowingly gave their lives for us. Us, that’s a word. Us and look what we are still doing to ourselves and the planet we live in. In the future I wonder if the sacrifices we make, our children make, will have to be quite as fundamentally horrific as the ones laid down at places like Souda Bay? I urge anybody with a sense of their place in the world to visit...

We visited the Commonwealth Cemetery from WWII. It was very moving in a quiet, solemn atmosphere. The beautiful grounds were well-manicured in the banks of the Aegean Sea. What a wonderful tribute to the men who gave their lives in the Battle of Crete of May. These brave soldiers were part of the resistance operations against the Nazi troops in Crete, Greece, a small island in the Aegean Sea. Over 1,500 soldiers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and India lost their lives. The Crete Commonwealth has given these soldiers a proper burial and a wonderful tribute to these brave men who list their lives. These men paid the ultimate sacrifice for freedom - their lives.

We were glad we visited the Allied WWII Cemetery in Crete in the quietness of just our group of 6 people first thing in the morning before tour buses started arriving. As we were leaving 4 tours...

We visited just over 2 years ago but it was only today nov 11 2020, Remberance day that I Revisited via the website. My husband and I walked from the port and did not regret the decision and enjoyed fighting through the flock of sheep and meeting the locals enjoying their family Sunday roast. I had done some homework and had carried with me Australian flags to place with our Australian boys. I see a photo posted which is one of mine. I recognize the Blu-tac I didn’t have enough flags there were so many graves but I sang our national anthem loud, proud and emotionally. This is one of so many cemeteries and a lesson for all who visitboth young and old. At the going down of the sun.....we will remember........