Greece, Crete And Syria
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the crucible of World War II's Mediterranean theatre, Greece, Crete and Syria chronicles the harrowing campaigns fought by Australian forces across three strategically vital fronts, where the fate of Allied resistance hung by a thread. Gavin Long's meticulous account reconstructs the desperate rearguard actions in Greece, the brutal airborne assault on Crete — history's first large-scale parachute invasion — and the complex Syrian campaign against Vichy French forces, presenting a panoramic yet intimately human portrait of soldiers tested to their absolute limits. As the general editor of Australia's official war history series, Long brings unparalleled authority and rigorous scholarship to these interconnected campaigns, drawing on first-hand accounts, unit diaries, and official records to illuminate both tactical decisions and the raw experiences of the men on the ground. Part of the landmark Australia in the War of 1939–1945 series published by the Australian War Memorial, this volume stands as an indispensable work of military history — one that raises a compelling question about just how different the course of the war might have been had these campaigns ended otherwise.
Author: Gavin Long
Format: Hardback
Published: 1953, Australian War Memorial
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the crucible of World War II's Mediterranean theatre, Greece, Crete and Syria chronicles the harrowing campaigns fought by Australian forces across three strategically vital fronts, where the fate of Allied resistance hung by a thread. Gavin Long's meticulous account reconstructs the desperate rearguard actions in Greece, the brutal airborne assault on Crete — history's first large-scale parachute invasion — and the complex Syrian campaign against Vichy French forces, presenting a panoramic yet intimately human portrait of soldiers tested to their absolute limits. As the general editor of Australia's official war history series, Long brings unparalleled authority and rigorous scholarship to these interconnected campaigns, drawing on first-hand accounts, unit diaries, and official records to illuminate both tactical decisions and the raw experiences of the men on the ground. Part of the landmark Australia in the War of 1939–1945 series published by the Australian War Memorial, this volume stands as an indispensable work of military history — one that raises a compelling question about just how different the course of the war might have been had these campaigns ended otherwise.