Author: Macdonald, Callum, Title: THE LOST BATTLE : CRETE 1941.
Description: Papermac, London, ND (circa 1996), reprint, trade paperback, xii, 350pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., in text maps, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the taking of Crete by Germany in 1941, what should have been a swift and decisive blitzkrieg resulting in large and bloody losses, especially to the German parachute troops in their first major employment, although the invasion was eventually successful despite it being the first occasion in which ULTRA played a major role in British decisions, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,
Keywords: war ww2 crete greece ultra german parachute airborne invasion
Price: GBP 7.50 = appr. US$ 10.71 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 35956
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