Kidnap in Crete : the true story of the abduction of a Nazi general
Stroud, Rick2014
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In 1941 the German army invaded the strategically important Mediterranean island of Crete. The years of Nazi occupation that followed saw mass executions, widespread starvation and the brutal destruction of homes - but amid the horror, the Cretan resistance, the Andartes, with the support of a handful of British SOE agents, fought on heroically. On a moonlit night in April 1944, a small band of fearless partisans, led by the British SOE agent Patrick Leigh Fermor, kidnapped a high-ranking Nazi general. This is the dramatic story of a top-secret and high-risk mission.
Main title:
Author:
Stroud, Rick, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2014.London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Collation:
288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408851753 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5421959940.5421A940.5421
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- CreteKreipe, Karl -- Kidnapping, 1944Great Britain. Special Operations Executive -- Greece -- CreteFermor, Patrick Leigh, 1915-2011 -- Military leadershipMoss, W. Stanley (William Stanley), 1921-1965World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Greece -- Crete
BRN:
1677558