Battle for Crete

This WW2 military history “combin[es] a look at the background to the battle . . . and the ground level memories of the participants with great skill.” ( History of War.org ) After two years’ extensive research, John Hall Spencer has written a thorough account of the political and military background to the German invasion of Crete and the bitter fighting that followed the first airborne assault on an island in history. Battle for Crete tells of confused negotiations between the British and Gree