Fallschirmjäger auf Kreta ! Unternehmen Merkur Mai 1941 - Buch

The Greek Mediterranean island of Crete played an important strategic role from 1939-1945. It was occupied by British and Commonwealth troops. On May 20, 1941, the "Merkur" company began to conquer the island from the air by German paratroopers, followed by mountain troops. This equally lively and conscientious work on the subject has already appeared in French and English and is characterized, among other things, by the fact that it uses reports from both sides, above all, and that it presents the reader with numerous unpublished recordings of the preparations and the operation itself. The impressive and captivating image documentation leads the reader right into the middle of the action.

• 164 pages • 310 b / w pictures and 42 photos in COLOR •
Large format approx. 23 x 30 cm • German text • Hardcover bound •