The Struggle For Crete 20 May 1 June 1941
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The Struggle For Crete 20 May 1 June 1941
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Author : I. McD. G. Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1991
The Struggle For Crete 20 May 1 June 1941 written by I. McD. G. Stewart and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Providing an account of the struggle for Crete during World War II, this book contains some of the author's own experiences as a Medical Officer at the time of the battle. The author describes the leadership, the geography, the communications problems and the delayed counter-attack.
The Battle Of Crete
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Battle Of Crete written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Struggle For Crete 10 May 1 June 1941
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Author : I. McD. G. Stewart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
The Struggle For Crete 10 May 1 June 1941 written by I. McD. G. Stewart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with History categories.
Crete 1941
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Author : Bernard Cadogan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Crete 1941 written by Bernard Cadogan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with New Zealand poetry categories.
"Australia has The Great South Road, South Africa has Shaka Zulu, Argentina has the gaucho epic Martin Fierro, and Chile has La Araucana as its national poem. Now New Zealand has Crete 1941, a 2475-line epic poem about the New Zealand-led defence of Crete during the Battle of Crete between 20 May and 1 June 1941. Crete 1941 is the only epic long poem in English since Derek Walcotts Omeros, with the entry of the 28th (Māori) Battalion as an active combat force providing the culmination of the poem. As geopolitical tensions rise in the Pacific today, it is timely to look back to when New Zealand last went to war and defended another small nation Greece on its last redoubt, in a battle that ended in a Dunkirk-style evacuation. More than just a war story, Crete 1941 brings women back into the historic struggle for Crete. The poem is a life-changing reflection on the virtue of good small nations, on the contribution of indigenous people such as Māori and Cretans to international developments, and on the fragility that both peace and its disruptors share. In this poem, Bernard Cadogan tells the story of what small nations such as Greece and Aotearoa New Zealand have had to do to uphold international law, and of the extraordinary extent which indigenous citizenship, such as Māori possess, contributes to the international personality of a country. The defence of the island of Crete in the second world war was a mission which Allied forces could have won. The failure to repel the German landings embroiled Cretans in more than three years of bitter occupation. It is astonishing, in retrospect, that New Zealanders led the defence of the island against a great power such as Germany. Crete is where the famed 28th (Māori) Battalion found its feet in battle. Sfakia on Crete is where the revolutionaries began the struggle for a Hellenic republic in 1821, while in 1941 it was where Allied troops were evacuated from; New Zealand Dunkirk. This poem presents a story which both Greeks and New Zealanders need to recover for themselves from the myths that British writers have created around the Battle of Crete."--Publisher website.
The Battle Of Crete
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Author : Albert Palazzo
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-07-01
The Battle Of Crete written by Albert Palazzo and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with History categories.
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.
Wavell In The Middle East 1939 1941
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Author : Harold E. Raugh
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2013-04-08
Wavell In The Middle East 1939 1941 written by Harold E. Raugh and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-08 with History categories.
This masterly study of generalship covers two years of intense operational activity during which Field Marshal Wavell, as Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, was at one point conducting no fewer than five campaigns simultaneously. Two of those campaigns will stand in history as truly great victories, and one—the campaign in Greece in 1941—as a source of endless controversy. Harold E. Raugh, Jr., has drawn upon previously unavailable official documents and interviewed or corresponded with a wide range of soldiers who served under Wavell. Raugh shows how Wavell’s early experience as a soldier and budding commander were reflected in his later decision making and shrewd military vision. Although Wavell’s charismatic personality endeared him to all who served under him and earned him the profound respect of his fellows, and even of the enemy, his natural taciturnity brought him into conflict with his political masters. In spite of his enormous military achievements at one of the most critical periods in his country’s history, Wavell has been undeservedly relegated to obscurity—a historical oversight that Raugh corrects with this richly detailed book.
Battle On 42nd Street
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Author : Peter Monteath
language : en
Publisher: NewSouth
Release Date : 2019-11-01
Battle On 42nd Street written by Peter Monteath and has been published by NewSouth this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-01 with History categories.
At what point does the will to survive on the battlefield give way to bloodlust? The battle for Crete was at once the most modern and the most ancient of wars. For a week Australian and New Zealand forces were relentlessly hammered from the skies by the Luftwaffe and pursued across Crete by some of the most accomplished and best equipped forces Hitler could muster. On the morning of 27 May 1941, however, all that was about to change. When a unit of German mountain troops approached the Allies’ defensive line — known as 42nd Street — men from the Australian 2/7th and 2/8th Battalions and New Zealanders from several battalions counter-attacked with fixed bayonets. By the end, German bodies were strewn across the battlefield. Acclaimed historian Peter Monteath draws on recollections and records of Australian, New Zealand, British and German soldiers and local Cretans to reveal the truth behind one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War. 'This is military history at its best: deeply researched, powerfully told and proving that the essence of war is men killing other men.' — Joan Beaumont
The Routledge Atlas Of The Second World War
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Author : Martin Gilbert
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-03-05
The Routledge Atlas Of The Second World War written by Martin Gilbert and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-05 with History categories.
In The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War, Martin Gilbert graphically charts the war’s political, military, economic and social history through 247 maps. Each map has been specially drawn for this atlas, many of them covering topics that have not previously been mapped. The atlas covers all the major events from the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 to the defeat of Japan in August 1945, including the Blitz, the Fall of France, Pearl Harbor, the naval Battles of the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, Dieppe, Stalingrad, Midway, the Normandy Landings, the bombing of Warsaw, London, Coventry, Hamburg, Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Burma Railway, concentration camps and slave labour camps, and prisoner-of-war camps in Europe, the Americas and the Far East. Focusing on the human - and inhuman - aspects of the war, The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War includes examination of: Military, naval and air campaigns on all the war fronts The war on land, at sea and in the air The economic and social aspects of the war The global nature of the war, in armed combat and in suffering The impact of the war on civilians, both under occupation, and as deportees and refugees The aftermath of the war: the post-war political and national boundaries; war graves, and the human cost of the war on every continent.
Battle Of Crete
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Author : Albert Palazzo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-04-21
Battle Of Crete written by Albert Palazzo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-21 with categories.
The German Occupation Rule On Crete 1941 1945
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Author : Marlen von Xylander
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag
Release Date : 2023-10-01
The German Occupation Rule On Crete 1941 1945 written by Marlen von Xylander and has been published by LIT Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-01 with History categories.
In contrast to the Greek mainland, the Nazis occupied most of Crete between 1941 - 45. After the German troops' defeat in North Africa, Crete was turned into a fortress. This study examines the goals, methods and effectiveness of the German occupation policy, the reactions of the Cretan administration and of the population in particular, and also describes the opponents' combat operations. The study is based not only on written papers, documents and files of Greek, Cretan, British and German origin, but also on letters, manuscripts, expos'es and interviews by and with contemporary witnesses.