Crete: The Battle And the Resistance by Amazonundefined

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This book recounts the fall of Greece, the invasion of Crete by the Germans and the Resistance. The book is based on interviews with both the Allies and the Germans who took part. It gives insights into the invasion from the air and explains how Ultra intelligence played a key role. It also reveals how General Freyberg actually misinterpreted German coded messages to devastating effects.
O autorze
Antony Beevor
is the author of
Crete: The Battle and the Resistance
(Runciman Prize),
Stalingrad
(Samuel Johnson Prize, Wolfson Prize for History and Hawthornden Prize)
,
Berlin: The Downfall
,
The Battle for Spain
(Premio La Vanguardia),
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
(Prix Henry Malherbe and the RUSI Westminster Medal),
The Second World War,
and
Ardennes 1944
(Prix Médicis shortlist)
.
The number one bestselling historian in Britain
,
Beevor's books have appeared in thirty-two languages and have sold just over seven million copies. A former chairman of the Society of Authors, he has received a number of honorary doctorates. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Kent and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London. He was knighted in 2017.