Book description
The bestselling author of The Battle of Arnhem and D-Day vividly reconstructs the epic WWII struggle for Crete – reissued with a new introduction
Nazi Germany expected its airborne attack on Crete in 1941 to be a textbook victory based on tactical surprise. Little did they know that the British,…
Why read it?
1 author picked Crete 1941 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As an avid consumer of military history, I am looking for books that not only set the wider political and strategic context of a war, a battle, or a fighting unit but also take me as a reader into the field of battle. Antony Beevor has managed that balance superbly ever since his first major success with his work on the Spanish Civil War.
His book is no different, vividly delivering to me the lived experience of fighting men on both sides. Importantly–and as the subtitle says–it also reminds me that for the people of Crete the short battle led…
From Peter's list on The best books about the Battle of Crete.
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