Crete: The Battle and the Resistance
The Battle and the Resistance
Antony Beevor
ISBN: | 9781848546356 |
Publisher: | Hachette |
Published: | 13 October, 2011 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Crete: The Battle and the Resistance
The Battle and the Resistance
Antony Beevor
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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