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  Crete: The Battle and the Resistance (Paperback) By (author) Antony Beevor

  

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  Short Description for CreteAcclaimed historian Antony Beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in Second World War Crete
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  • Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
  • Published: 12 September 2005
  • Format: Paperback 400 pages
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  • Categories: Air Forces & Warfare | European History | Military History | Second World War
  • ISBN 13: 9780719568312 ISBN 10: 0719568315
  • Sales rank: 9,104

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• 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.