| Description |
x, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1.For King and Country and the paid adventure -- 2.The Tracks They Travelled -- 3.An American Abroad -- 4.Building a Balkan Front -- 5.Blocking a Blitzkrieg: the Battle of Vevi, 10--13 April 1941 -- 6.At the Feet of Zeus They Fought -- 7.Disaster Averted: the Battle of Pinios Gorge, 17--18 April 1941 -- 8.Of Rearguards and Treachery -- 9.An Anzac Dunkirk -- 10.The Battle of Crete: 20 May--1 June 1941 -- 11.Legacies |
| Summary |
This is the largely unknown story of another Anzac force, which fought not at Gallipoli, but in Greece, during World War II. Desperately outnumbered and fighting in deeply inhospitable conditions, these Anzacs found themselves engaging in a long retreat through Greece, under constant air attack. Most of the Anzac Corps was evacuated by the end of April 1941, but many men got only as far as Crete. Fighting a German paratroop invasion there in May, large numbers were taken captive and spent four long years as prisoners of the Nazis. The campaign in Greece turned out to have uncanny parallels to the original Gallipoli operation: both were inspired by Winston Churchill, both were badly planned by British military leaders, and both ended in defeat and evacuation |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd (1939-1946)
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
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Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
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New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd.
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New Zealand. Army. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields -- Greece.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Personal narratives, Greek.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Personal narratives, New Zealand.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Crete -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Crete -- Personal narratives, Greek.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Crete -- Personal narratives, New Zealand.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Crete.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, New Zealand
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Greece -- Crete.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Greece.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| LC no. |
2017392923 |
| ISBN |
1925321290 |
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9781925321296 |
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