Crete: The Battle and the Resistance

Type

Book

Authors

Antony Beevor

ISBN 10

0719568315

ISBN 13

9780719568312

Tags

Europe, World War II, Military

Description

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. - from Amzon

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