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Title: Crete
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Battle and the Resistance
Author: Antony Beevor
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0719568315
EAN: 9780719568312
ISBN: 9780719568312
Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Genre: History
Topic: Military History
Release Date: 12/09/2005
Description:

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.

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