Description
Product ID: | 9780552170185 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Ariadne Objective |
Subtitle: | Patrick Leigh Fermor and the Underground War to Rescue Crete from the Nazis |
Authors: | Author: Wes Davis |
Page Count: | 464 |
Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, True war and combat stories, European history, Second World War, Espionage and secret services, True war & combat stories, British & Irish history, Second World War, Espionage & secret services, Crete |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Tells the story of the secret war on Crete from the perspective of these amateur soldiers who found themselves serving because, as one of them put it, they had made 'the obsolete choice of Greek at school'. In the bleakest years of the Second World War when it appeared that nothing could slow the advance of the German army, Hitler set his sights on the Mediterranean island of Crete, the ideal staging ground for domination of the Middle East. But German command had not counted on the strength of the Cretan resistance or the eccentric band of British intelligence officers who would stand in their way, conducting audacious sabotage operations in the very shadow of the Nazi occupation force. |
Imprint Name: | Corgi Books |
Publisher Name: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-05-07 |