Description
Title: Battle of Crete
Author: Palazzo, Albert
Condition: Mint
Edition: 3rd Edition
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780980320411
Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 178 pages
Comments: A detailed account about the Battle of Crete and the Australian involvement.
Between 20 May and 1 June 1941 the Second World War came to the Greek island of Crete. The Commonwealth defenders consisted of Australian, New Zealand and British refugees from the doomed Greek Campaign who had not recovered from defeat. Matched against them were crack German paratroopers and mountain soldiers who had only tasted victory.
Over eleven days the two sides fought a desperate action that generated tales of stubborn determination and reckless bravery on both sides. It was an innovative campaign – warfare’s first aerial invasion – and at times its outcome balanced on a knife edge. Richly illustrated, the Battle of Crete examines the commanders and the decisions they made, the men who fought, and the weapons they used in the epic struggle for the island.
