The following are extracts from censored letters written from the Barham by my father, Surgeon-Commander E.R.Sorley, RN. These cover the bombardment of Tripoli and serious damage to Barham from ...
When Germany overran Greece in 1941, one last Allied stronghold in the region remained: the island of Crete. With the Italian navy unable to guarantee control of the seas, Adolf Hitler turned to his ...
If you look at a map you will see the island of Crete is a long strip of land lying across the... The bomb had burst as it entered the deck 12 feet away and it had taken heavy toll of the men in ...
Archive List > Books > Battle of Crete 1941 by Leonard Charles Eades Commissioned Warrant Officer Leonard Charles Eadse. This photograph was taken at a later date, with his mother and younger brother, ...
Crowdfunding now on PledgeMe.co.nz, ’Crete 1941’ by poet Bernard Cadogan is Aotearoa New Zealand’s epic of nationhood and of Māori citizenship attained by the valour and sacrifices of the 28th (Māori) ...
In May 1941, Hitler launched a bold experiment, take the island of Crete using only airborne troops. Over 500 transport planes, thousands of paratroopers, and glider teams were hurled at the island in ...
Nimble Books, 2014. Long, Gavin. Greece, Crete and Syria. Australian War Memorial, 1953. MacDonald, C. A. The Lost Battle: Crete 1941. Papermac, 1995. Shores, Christopher, and Brian Cull. Air War for ...
This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Michael Maw of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Mrs Sheila Russell and has been added to the site with the authors permission. The ...
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