Men of valour, New Zealand and the battle for Crete, Ron Palenski
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Men of valour, New Zealand and the battle for Crete, Ron Palenski
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Men of valour
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Ron Palenski
Sub title
New Zealand and the battle for Crete
Summary
For a time in the Second World War, Crete was the prize both sides wanted. The Allies had it and the Germans wanted it. The Germans won. The man in charge of hanging on to it was Bernard (Tiny) Freyberg, the New Zealand Divison commander who was made the Greek island's intended saviour. With him was a ragtag army of New Zealand, Australian, British and Greek troops, most of whom had just beaten off Greece; they had the clothes they stood up in and most of their arms and ammunition had been left behind in Greece. They had to withstand the mightiest airborne invasion the world had yet seen. They had to confront the elite of Hitler's army, a blitzkrieg from the air. Wearily, both sides fought almost to a standstill
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adult
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