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Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. Photos, Maps (illustrator). Reprint. Harde Cover. 22cm By 14.5cm. This intensive study of the loss of Crete by British forces early in WWII to a German airbourne invasion deals in detail with political and military events leading to the British support for operations with Greece, the defeat there and the evacuation to Crete. The battle there was important beacuse it marked the first fully fledged invasion from the air. It examines the reasons why the numerically superior but ill-equipped defenders did not defeat the invaders. This is a vital study of an epoch-making military operation. First published 1962, this reprint that year. 305 pages including index, 19 b/w photos, e/paper maps, three others. Green hard covers with gilt spine titles VG with light brown splotching (damp?) on spine, text block bright and excellent, dealer stamp low on RFEP, no inscriptions etc. Pictorial DJ VG with small tear, few chips.