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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