Biography: McIntyre, Peter

'Parachutists landing on Galatas' by Peter McIntyre

Official war artist Peter McIntyre's painting 'Parachutists landing on Galatas' captures the dramatic scenes on 20 May 1941 when Germans began an airborne invasion of the island of Crete. It was less than a month after the Allies' evacuation from Greece.

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Reference: AAAC 898 NCWA 16

by Peter McIntyre

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Warren Feeney. 'McIntyre, Peter', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated August 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/47348/parachutists-landing-on-galatas-by-peter-mcintyre (accessed 24 June 2026).