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The Nazi Occupation of Crete - 1941-1945 (Hardcover)
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The Nazi Occupation of Crete - 1941-1945 (Hardcover)
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For four years, the people of Crete suffered savage punitive
reprisals for their heroic resistance to the barbaric Nazi
invaders. Thousands died at the execution wall or from starvation
and imprisonment. But their freedom-loving spirit would not let
them yield to the German conqueror. Instead, with the help of the
British and American military personnel of the SOE and the OSS,
they banded together to form a resistance movement against the
Nazis that set an example for all the conquered people of Europe to
follow. This is a story of the stark reality of human endeavor and
sacrifice, marked by deeds of heroism of which little has been said
and much less written. This is the true story of an American youth,
John Alexander, who, upon his high school graduation in 1940,
joined his parents and his sister on a vacation to the Island of
Crete to visit his father's parents. The vacation on this beautiful
Mediterranean island was overshadowed by the war that spread
southward from the European continent to engulf Greece and
subsequently Crete in the first airborne invasion of an island
fortress in modern military history. After a ten-day, hard-fought
battle against the German invader, Crete lay conquered. However,
Cretan resistance was so fierce that with the battle concluded, the
Nazi conqueror was intent on punishing the entire Cretan
population. From the first day of the occupation, the people of
Crete suffered savage punitive reprisals for their heroic
resistance to the barbaric Nazi invaders. Death squads went from
village to village, executing hostages at random and burning entire
communities. Two thousand civilians died at the execution wall in
the first month of occupation alone. John's father maintained his
neutrality as an American citizen during the invasion and the
occupation that followed. However, one night, John's father hid
three escaped British stragglers in his home until they could be
safely escorted to the southern coast for evacuation. The Gestapo
found out, entered the Alexander home, killed John's father, and
threw the youth into prison to die. John escaped and fled to the
mountains, but swore vengeance on the murderer of his father. The
people of Crete continued their resistance through the Cretan
Resistance Movement and with the aid of British and American
military personnel of the SOE and the OSS. They banded together to
form a resistance movement against the Nazis that set an example
for all the conquered people of Europe to follow. This is a story
of the stark reality of human endeavor and sacrifice, marked by
acts of heroism of which little has been said and much less
written.
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