Abducting a General
The Kreipe Operation in Crete
New York : New York Review Books, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: xxix, 206 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"One of the most daring feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's daring life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on April 26, 1944. Abducting a General, now published for the first time in the United States, is Leigh Fermor's own account of the kidnapping. Written in his inimitable prose, and introduced by the acclaimed Special Operations Executive historian Roderick Bailey, it is a glorious firsthand account of one of the great adventures of the Second World War. Also included in this book are Leigh Fermor's intelligence reports sent from caves deep within Crete, which bring the immediacy of SOE operations vividly alive, as well as the peril under which the SOE and Resistance were operating, and a guide to the journey that Kreipe took, from the abandonment of his car to the embarkation site, so that the modern visitor to Crete can relive this extraordinary trip"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
War Reports, Crete 1942-1945 -- Introduction -- Glossary of Pseudonyms -- Report No. 1 -- Report No. 2 -- Report No. 3 -- Report No. 4 -- Report No. 5 -- Report No. 6 -- Report No. 7 -- Report No. 8 -- Report No. 9 -- A Guide to the Abduction Route.
Subjects:
Kreipe, Karl -- Kidnapping, 1944.
Fermor, Patrick Leigh.
Fermor, Patrick Leigh -- Travel -- Greece -- Crete.
Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Greece -- Crete.
Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
Kreipe, Karl -- Kidnapping, 1944.
Fermor, Patrick Leigh.
Fermor, Patrick Leigh -- Travel -- Greece -- Crete.
Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Greece -- Crete.
Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
ISBN:
9781590179383 (alkaline paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Fer | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Originally published: London : John Murray, 2014.
Includes index.
Includes index.