Greece Hotels Travel - CHURCHILL'S FOLLY: Leros and the Aegean 1943 (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
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Manufacturer: Cassell
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.54219587
EAN: 9780304366552
ISBN: 0304366552
Label: Cassell
Manufacturer: Cassell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2004-09
Publisher: Cassell
Studio: Cassell
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Today many of the Greek islands of the Dodecanese are popular tourist resorts. However in 1943 they were the scene of the last successful German invasion of the Second World War. The islands had been occupied by the Italians since 1912 but, Italian Armistice of September with the downfall of Benito Mussolini, Winston Churchill seized the opportunity to open a new front in the eastern Mediterranean. Rejected by the Americans, it was a proposal fraught with difficulties and, ultimately, one that was doomed to failure. British garrison troops occupied territory with the assistance of naval forces, but with little or no air cover. They were opposed by some of Germany's finest, including units of the esteemed Division Brandenburg, with ample air and sea support. Three months of operations ended in a British defeat and with the Aegean under German occupation until the end of the war. The author has drawn on British, German and Italian sources and uses graphic eyewitness accounts to provide a detailed retelling of the struggle for possession of the Dodecanese, and the battles for Kos and Leros in particular.
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Summary: Why the silly title?
Comment: A superbly researched account of the Leros campaign. The author spent some time tramping the hills and paths of Leros. As someone who has just tried to do the same (albeit on a smaller scale), I can certainly appreciate his effort! The definitive historical account, as distinct from the military one, has yet to be written. One small point: 'A Very British Defeat' is not the title of the book, not even in the USA. So why change it?
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Summary: very realistic
Comment: The author does a very thorough job of checking and re-checking his sources. He avoids the all too common practice of repeating official reports (i.e. one side claims three aircreft were shot down) by delving into the reports from the other side (i.e. the other side reports losing only one aircraft). This, plus his use of survivors' recollections from both sides, presents one of the most balanced books, especially at the tactical level, that I have ever read. I would have enjoyed reading more on how the failure of the operation played out in the various governments at the time.
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