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The Fall of Crete
by: Clark

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9789602260906
ISBN: 9602260904
Label: Efstathiadis Group
Manufacturer: Efstathiadis Group
Publication Date: January 01, 1962
Publisher: Efstathiadis Group
Studio: Efstathiadis Group
Sales Rank: 830931

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Superseded by later work but good analysis of the battle itself
The author narrates and analyses the situation leading up to the invasion, the fighting itself, the decisions (in indecision) by the senior New Zealand commanders which led to the Allied withdrawal and the withdrawal itself. Other than an epilogue of stories of individuals, he ends his narrative there. The style is similar to Barbarossa (another of Clark's books) with a concentration on operational and command aspects rather than the emphasis on individual experiences and anecdotes favoured by several more modern popular historians. He seems particularly good on naval aspects.

He concentrates on the British and ANZAC experience with relatively little attention given to the Greeks and Germans. His limited analysis of the disastrous ... Read More:

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- An excellent read
Describing the operation to take the island from the ANZAC garrison and the recently evacuated forces from the Greek debacle. Although it is generally well known that it was ‘a close-run thing’, it wasn’t until I read this book that I became aware just how close the Commonwealth forces came to pushing the Fallschirmjager off the island. But in a few days of bitter fighting the paratroopers had captured the island from a numerically superior but ill-prepared and disorganised enemy.

An excellent read - I could not put this book down.

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- Excellent
Excellent book from an excellent author. Minus point: almost comlete lack of maps.

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- A first class account of the battle for crete.
I enjoy reading books which cover the factural accounts of World War II. I could not put this book down, it is a first class account of the battle of Crete and illustrates the behind the scenes battle of red tape and communications. A must for the military reader..Well done the New Zealanders! Wills - Northern Ireland ..

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- What can I say, one of my favourites.
I first read this book in 1993 while on holiday in Crete, the perfect book to read seeing I was also an avid reader of military history (later to study it). I have since read it again, although not recently, but the book still stands out in my mind. Alan clark is a good historian but he is an even better writer. His style is well suited to epic and tragic events: he writes with so much feeling but also with a common sense wisdom that makes his writing appeal to non-academics. But there is plenty of scholarly research and detail for it to be read by his fellow historians and those students in between.

The book is more than just a narrative, it contains some succint analysis than rings true. His accounts of inept and confusing Allied leadership ... Read More:

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