Название: Crete: The Airborne Invasion (Battleground Europe) Автор: Major Tim Saunders Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1844155579 Год: 2008 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 196 Размер: 47,4 МБ Язык: Английский
The invasion was launched to round off Hitler's Balkan Campaign against Crete in May 1941. The Island was important to Britain's control of the Eastern Mediterranean and Churchill was determined that the Island would be held. The British garrison was largely made up of New Zealand and Australian troops who had been evacuated from Greece, with little more that what they stood up in. On the other hand the German Commander, Kurt Student, had overwhelming air superiority, which negated the Allied naval superiority. But the Germans had almost fatally underestimated the number of Allied troops.
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