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Old 27-10-2008, 02:00 AM   #5 (permalink)
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There were very few books in English about the Cretan Resistance, most of them deal with later events; "Ill Met By Moonlight" by Billy Moss comes to mind of course, and a far-less famous sequel he wrote about his later return to the island and aborted attempt to kidnap Kreipe's successor. George Psycoundakis' "The Cretan Runner" is a must, and there are two others I know of - "The Citadel" and "The White Mountains" by Sandy Rendell and Xan Fielding respectively. MRD Foot's "SOE" has SOME detail about the SOE operations in Crete, but not in very much detail IIRC.

Into your list of "invasion" histories add Alan Clark's "The Fall of Crete". very aged now, but easier to read than Beevor's.

However - THIS might be your best source...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_11th_Day:_Crete_1941

However - there's a company that organises walking tours following the route of the Fermor-Moss raiding party across the island after Kriepe's kidnap, they might be able to help you.
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