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Crete 1941: Germany's lightning airborn assault

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Operation Mercury, the German airborne assault on the island of Crete in May 1941, was the first strategic use of airborne forces in history. The assault began on 20 May, with landings near the island's key airports, and the arrival of reinforcements the next day allowed the German forces to capture one end of the runway at Maleme. By 24 May the Germans were being reinforced by air on a huge scale and on 1 June Crete surrendered. This book describes how close the battle had been, and explains how German losses so shocked the Führer that he never again authorized a major airborne

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Series Title

Battles of World War II

Call Number

940 ANT c

Publisher

Oxford : Osprey Publishing., 2009

Collation

96 p. ; ill. ; 24,5 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781112223343

Classification

900

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

History of World War II
World History

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Peter D Antill

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