Author: Clark, Alan,
Title: THE FALL OF CRETE.
Description: Anthony Blond, London, 1962, 1st edn., 206pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., folding map at reps., red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the battle for Crete in May, 1941, when German parachutists managed to defeat a much larger defensive force (but with such severe casualties that parachute troops were not to be used again by the Germans). The front flap blurb describes how the author shows that in the months preceding the invasion no fewer than six changes of command plagued the defence preparations, how the air ministry forbade the mining of the airfields, how Churchill's own plans to reinforce the garrison with new tanks were foiled by Cairo, and how Middle East HQ refused to supply the defenders with 25-pounders and forced them to rely on captured Italian artillery, yet in spite of all these handicaps the garrison fought with such ferocity that the Germans seriously considered breaking off the action, rubbed and lightly bumped at tips, edges a little tanned, slight partial tanning to front endpapers, thinning to top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: a little rubbed and creased at extrems., bookseller label front flap, edge repairs to reverse, very good in a good dustwrapper,
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Title: THE FALL OF CRETE.
Description: Anthony Blond, London, 1962, 1st edn., 206pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., folding map at reps., red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the battle for Crete in May, 1941, when German parachutists managed to defeat a much larger defensive force (but with such severe casualties that parachute troops were not to be used again by the Germans). The front flap blurb describes how the author shows that in the months preceding the invasion no fewer than six changes of command plagued the defence preparations, how the air ministry forbade the mining of the airfields, how Churchill's own plans to reinforce the garrison with new tanks were foiled by Cairo, and how Middle East HQ refused to supply the defenders with 25-pounders and forced them to rely on captured Italian artillery, yet in spite of all these handicaps the garrison fought with such ferocity that the Germans seriously considered breaking off the action, rubbed and lightly bumped at tips, edges a little tanned, slight partial tanning to front endpapers, thinning to top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: a little rubbed and creased at extrems., bookseller label front flap, edge repairs to reverse, very good in a good dustwrapper,
Keywords: ww2 land sea navy juno fiji kashmir kelly greyhound gloucester raf crete africa greece
Price: GBP 24.00 = appr. US$ 34.27 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 45541
- Book number: 45541
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