Acclaimed historian and best-selling author Antony Beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in Second World War Crete – reissued with a new introduction.’The best book we have got on Crete’ Observer The Germans expected their airborne attack on Crete in 1941 – a unique event in the history of warfare – to be a textbook victory based on tactical surprise. They had no idea that the British, using Ultra intercepts, knew their plans and had laid a carefully-planned trap. It should have been the first German defeat of the war, but a fatal misunderstanding turned the battle round. Nor did the conflict end there. Ferocious Cretan freedom fighters mounted a heroic resistance, aided by a dramatic cast of British officers from Special Operations Executive.
Antony Beevor
Crete [EPUB ebook]
The Battle and the Resistance
Crete [EPUB ebook]
The Battle and the Resistance
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781848546356 ● Publisher Hodder & Stoughton ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2758544 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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