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| 542 | KIRIAKOPOULOS, G. C. Ten Days to Destiny: The Battle for Crete, 1941. 408p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Franklin Watts, 1985. ISBN: 0531097854.
According to the historian John Keegan this "is that rare thing, a genuinely bad book - badly conceived, badly researched, badly organised and badly written." |
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| 543 | LIND, L. J. Escape from Crete: Being the Personal Narrative of a Prisoner of War on the Island of Crete and his Escape by Submarine to Alexandria. 100p., illus. Sydney: Australasian Publishing, [c.1944].
The war memoir of a distinguished Australian naval historian. As a 19 year-old artilleryman he saw the battle at first hand. Republished in 1991 by Kangaroo Press as Flowers of Rethymnon with substantial additions and notes of material removed by the censor in the original edition. ISBN: 0864173946. |
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| 544 | MACDONALD, Callum. The Lost Battle of Crete 1941. xii, 351p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macmillan; New York: Free Press, 1993. ISBN: 0333558413.
Lays an emphasis on personal recollections but also makes some play of the role of ULTRA. Has a good section on the evacuation. |
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| 545 | PACK, S. W. C. The Battle for Crete (Sea Battles in Close-Up, 5) 144p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 1973. ISBN: 0711004102.
A model account by an expert. |
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| 546 | SADLER, John. Operation Mercury: The Fall of Crete 1941. xii, 226 p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2007. ISBN: 1844153835.
Concentrates on the military actions from the first paratroop landing to the final evacuation. |
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| 547 | SIMPSON, Tony. Operation Mercury: The Battle for Crete, 1941.
316p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. ISBN: 0340231181. A New Zealand author’s view of the battle in which his country’s forces were heavily involved. Gives a good view of the land battle with some detail of the evacuation. |
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| 548 | SPENCER, John H. Battle for Crete. xii, 306p., illus., index. London: Heinemann; Toronto: British Book Service, 1962.
A patchy and episodic account of the battle for the island. Republished by White Lion in 1976 and by Pen & Sword in 2008. |
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| 549 | STEPHANIDES, Theodore. Climax in Crete. 166p., illus. London: Faber, 1946.
The author was a Greek doctor attached to the RAMC and this book recreates his diary for the period from his evacuation from Greece in a steamer to his evacuation from Crete in the cruiser Perth, in both cases under air attack. |
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| 550 | STEWART, I. McD. G. The Struggle for Crete, 20 May-1 June 1941: A Story of Lost Opportunity. xii, 518p., bibliog., illus., index. London: OUP, 1966. ISBN: 0192852302.
A detailed and extensive history by a participant in the battle, which covers the Navy's role in the defence and evacuation. Excellent. |
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| 551 | THOMAS, David A. Crete 1941: The Battle at Sea. 224p., bibliog., illus. London: Deutsch, 1972; New York: Stein & Day, 1973. ISBN: 0233962727.
A good full account of the Navy's fight to maintain its tradition of supporting the army at all times. US title: Nazi Victory (ISBN: 0812815599). |
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| 552 | WINGATE, John. Never So Proud: Crete, May 1941. The Battle and Evacuation. ix, 212p., bibliog. London: Heinemann; New York: Meredith, 1966.
A dramatised account of the naval role. |
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| 553 | WRIGHT, Mathew. A Near-Run Affair: New Zealanders in the Battle for Crete, 1941. 131p., illus. Auckland: Reed, 2000. ISBN: 0790007320.
Republished in 2003 as Battle for Crete: New Zealand's near-run affair, 1941. Argues that the New Zealanders did not fail, but were placed in an unwinnable battle. |
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| 554 | The Epic of Malta. 128p., illus. London: Odhams, [1943].
A largely photographic record of the island's defence. One section is devoted to the convoys fought through by the RN. |
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| 555 | AGIUS, John A. & GALEA, Frederick R. Lest We Forget: Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Air Forces Servicemen Lost in the Defence of Malta. 79p., bibliog., illus. Ta' Qali: Malta Aviation Museum Foundation, 1999. ISBN: 9990999406.
A memorial list, arranged by Squadron, with some background material. A second expanded edition was published in 2005. |
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| 556 | AGIUS, Maurice G. Recollections of a Malta HAA Gunner. [vi], 200p., illus. Valletta: Allied, 2008. ISBN: 9789990931303.
He served with the Royal Malta Artillery throughout the siege. |
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| 557 | ATTARD, Joseph. The Battle of Malta. 252p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1980. ISBN: 0718300289.
A Maltese author gives his view of Malta at war from 1940 to 1943. |
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| 558 | ATTARD, Joseph. War Scrawls: The Wartime Memories of Joseph (Sammy) Attard. 39p., illus. Rabat: Wise Owl, 2006. ISBN: 9993232882.
A set of anecdotes with some limited naval interest. |
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| 559 | AUSTIN, Douglas. Churchill and Malta's War 1939-1943. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Amberley, 2010. ISBN: 9781445600581.
A novel strategic view of the siege and Churchill's interest in the island, as seen from his ministerial papers. |
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| 560 | BAILEY, E. A. S., ed. Malta Defiant and Triumphant: Rolls of Honour 1940-1943. 154p., illus. Bridgwater: [author], 1992. ISBN: 0950748110.
Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the award of the George Cross to the Island. Various rolls of honours and lists are used to exemplify the sufferings of the island and its defenders. A mine of information. |
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| 561 | BARTIMEUS. Malta Invicta. 32p., illus. London: Chatto, 1943.
A journalistic impression of the island at war. |
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