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Churchill´s Folly: The Battles for Kos and Leros, 1943
Anthony Rogers
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Description for Churchill´s Folly: The Battles for Kos and Leros, 1943
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 black & white plates, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVGS; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 498.
In autumn 1943 the Italian-held Dodecanese was the setting for the last decisive German invasion of the Second World War - and the last irreversible British defeat. After the Italian armistice that followed the downfall of Mussolini, Churchill seized the opportunity to open a new front in the eastern Mediterranean, thereby increasing the pressure against Germany and hoping to provide an incentive for Turkey to join the Allies. Rejected by the Americans, it was a strategy fraught with difficulties and doomed to fail. Spearheaded by the LRDG and SBS, British troops were dispatched to the Aegean with naval units, but ... Read more
In autumn 1943 the Italian-held Dodecanese was the setting for the last decisive German invasion of the Second World War - and the last irreversible British defeat. After the Italian armistice that followed the downfall of Mussolini, Churchill seized the opportunity to open a new front in the eastern Mediterranean, thereby increasing the pressure against Germany and hoping to provide an incentive for Turkey to join the Allies. Rejected by the Americans, it was a strategy fraught with difficulties and doomed to fail. Spearheaded by the LRDG and SBS, British troops were dispatched to the Aegean with naval units, but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750968355
SKU
V9780750968355
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About Anthony Rogers
Anthony Rogers grew up in Malta where he later served in the Royal Marines Commandos. He is the author of Battle Over Malta and 185: The Malta Squadron. Lord Jellicoe commanded the SBS in the Aegean.
Reviews for Churchill´s Folly: The Battles for Kos and Leros, 1943
A fascinating account of what today we would call joint operations, with lots of lessons for the student of warfare . . . Colonel Simon Strickland
Colonel Simon Strickland . . . a remarkably well researched and documented account . . . the best and most detailed history so far published . . .
Jim Patch
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Colonel Simon Strickland . . . a remarkably well researched and documented account . . . the best and most detailed history so far published . . .
Jim Patch
... Read more