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The Fall of Crete

Door Alan Clark

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#374366-XA48
Titel
The Fall of Crete
Auteur
Clark, Alan
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Jaar van uitgave
1962
ISBN10
0304353485
ISBN13
9780304353484
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
The epic story of one of the most bitter and dramatic battles fought between German and Allied forces during the whole of the Second World War. The decisive action took place within five days, and twice its outcome hung in the balance. By the third day, the number of German dead exceeded their losses in all other theatres since the outbreak of hostilities. The German parachutists were confined for supply and reinforcements to a single airstrip at Maleme, yet on this one foothold they managed to land over eight thousand men, who defeated an Allied army nearly five times as numerous. With its vivid and compelling description of the battle for Crete, Clark confirmed his reputation as a military historian first recognised with The Donkeys, his account of the British Expeditionary Force in Fran... (Lees verder)ce in 1914.
Pagina's
211
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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