The Fall of Crete - Hardcover

Clark, Alan

 
9780304352265: The Fall of Crete
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0304352268 ISBN 13: 9780304352265
Verlag: Weidenfeld Military, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

It was one of the most dramatic battles of the Second World War--a truly epic story. For both Allies and Axis powers, Crete offered immense strategic importance for controlling the Mediterranean, with great naval harbors, level areas for airfields, and mountain anti-aircraft positions. How did it happen, then, that in 1941, German paratroopers--outnumbered 5 to 1 and with only a single airstrip for supply and reinforcement--spectacularly overcame thousands of British troops and an even larger contingent from Greece, to hold Crete till war's end? Even more shocking, all the action took place in a mere five days. An expert historian vividly explains British strategic blunders and tactical failures, along with the brazen efforts of the Germans.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alan Clark made his reputation as a military historian with The Donkeys, an account of the First World War, and Barbarossa, a description of the 1941-45 Russo-German conflict. In 1993 his DIARIES were published to acclaim and have now sold in excess of 250,000 copies. Before his death in 1999 he was MP for Kensington and Chelsea, and had been a Minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major.

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Verlag
Weidenfeld Military
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0304352268
ISBN 13 
9780304352265
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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