Kidnap in Crete: the true story of the abduction of a Nazi general
by Stroud, Rick.
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BookPublisher: Bloomsbury 2014ISBN: 9781408851753; 140885175X.Classification number: 940.5421 STRSubject(s): Kreipe -- Kidnapping, 1944 | Fermor -- Military leadership | Moss William Stanley 1921- | Great Britain Special Operations Executive -- Greece -- Crete | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Crete | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Greece -- CreteSubject: In 1941 the German army invaded the strategically important Mediterranean island of Crete. The years of Nazi occupation that followed saw mass executions, widespread starvation and the brutal destruction of homes - but amid the horror, the Cretan resistance, the Andartes, with the support of a handful of British SOE agents, fought on heroically. On a moonlit night in April 1944, a small band of fearless partisans, led by the British SOE agent Patrick Leigh Fermor, kidnapped a high-ranking Nazi general. This is the dramatic story
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.5421 STR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002872603X |
Includes bibliographical references and index
In 1941 the German army invaded the strategically important Mediterranean island of Crete. The years of Nazi occupation that followed saw mass executions, widespread starvation and the brutal destruction of homes - but amid the horror, the Cretan resistance, the Andartes, with the support of a handful of British SOE agents, fought on heroically. On a moonlit night in April 1944, a small band of fearless partisans, led by the British SOE agent Patrick Leigh Fermor, kidnapped a high-ranking Nazi general. This is the dramatic story
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