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Where the flaming hell are we?, the story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete, Craig Collie

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Where the flaming hell are we?, the story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete, Craig Collie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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mapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Where the flaming hell are we?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Craig Collie

Sub title

the story of young Australians and New Zealanders fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete

Summary

March, 1941: 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops are rushed to Greece in a desperate attempt to stop the Wehrmacht overrunning the country. Most of them overseas for the first time in their lives, they seek excitement and adventure. What they get are experiences they could never have imagined. The operation is doomed to fail, but not before the Aussies and Kiwis succeed in holding up the German advance and evacuating thousands, mainly to Crete, where Hitler next sets his sights. As the Nazis assault the island, they deploy a devastating new weapon of invasionparatroopersfor the very first time, meeting desperate resistance as the Allies fight for their lives

Target audience

adult

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