The Battle of Crete
Published on 1. July 2010
173 pages
978-1-921941-24-5 (ISBN)
Description
Between 20 May and 1 June 1941 the Second World War came to the Greek island of Crete. The Commonwealth defenders consisted of Australian, New Zealand and British refugees from the doomed Greek Campaign who had not recovered from defeat.
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Dr Albert Palazzo is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Army's Land Warfare Studies Centre in Canberra. He has written widely on warfare in the modern age, and on the Australian Army in particular. His many publications include: Seeking Victory on The Western Front, The British Army & Chemical Warfare in World War I, The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation, 1901-2001, Defenders of Australia: The Third Australian Division, Battle of Crete, The Royal Australian Corps of Transport, and From Moltke to bin Laden: The Relevance of Doctrine in the Contemporary Military Environment.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgements
- The Eastern Mediterranean in 1941
- The Situation on Crete
- Air Attack on Maleme
- The Descent at Prison Valley
- The Landings at Heraklion
- The Australians Defend Retimo
- The New Zealanders Counter-attack
- The Defence of the Galatas Line
- End Game at Heraklion and Retimo
- The Retreat to Sfakia
- The Sea and Air War for Crete
- Aftermath
- Further Reading
- British-German Rank Equivalents
- Bibliography
- Index
