The epic story of one of the most bitter and dramatic battles fought between German and Allied forces during the whole of the Second World War. The decisive action took place within five days, and twice its outcome hung in the balance. By the third day, the number of German dead exceeded their losses in all other theatres since the outbreak of hostilities. The German parachutists were confined for supply and reinforcements to a single airstrip at Maleme, yet on this one foothold they managed to land over eight thousand ...
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The epic story of one of the most bitter and dramatic battles fought between German and Allied forces during the whole of the Second World War. The decisive action took place within five days, and twice its outcome hung in the balance. By the third day, the number of German dead exceeded their losses in all other theatres since the outbreak of hostilities. The German parachutists were confined for supply and reinforcements to a single airstrip at Maleme, yet on this one foothold they managed to land over eight thousand men, who defeated an Allied army nearly five times as numerous. With its vivid and compelling description of the battle for Crete, Clark confirmed his reputation as a military historian first recognised with The Donkeys, his account of the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1914.
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William Morrow, 1962. Good., Hardcover, Octavo, 206. Text clean. Red cover sunned and faded at spine and edges. 206 pages. No dust jacket. Packed and shipped with care.
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Very Good in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7æ"-9æ" tall. Hardcover, rec cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 206pp., Index. Illustrated with several photographs and maps, one a fold-out at rear. Second printimng. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. An accouint of the German parachute assault on Crete, the most successful such operation of the war, but so costly that Hitler never again launched a major airborne campaign. Mild toning to endpapers from mylar, else a very clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good in a very good+ dust-jacket.
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This is a good book for those looking for a solid overview of the battle for Crete. It's from the early sixties and lacks the revisionist history of some newer books. Looking for a great book on the battle. Antony Beevor's Crete, which covers the battle and the Cretean resistance afterward.
