Description:
In English (also available in Greek). Hard cover, 24 cm, 268 pp., ill., net weight 1740 gr. ISBN: 960-03-3732-2."52 Days of 1943" tells the story of the 52-day battle at Leros island and the ship-legend of the Greek Navy "Queen Olga". This album is the result of investigations which lasted almost five years: hundreds of photos, over thirty hours of digital video, underwater shooting by the findings of the war, dozens of hours of discussions with survivors, Greeks and foreigners. The photos are accompanied by short texts, true relay memories, shocking stories of people who were eye-witnesses and illuminate unknown parts of the World War II history.
// ... "depth 42 feet, a German transport plane appears before us, inside us shudder human bones, the sinking of the destroyer "Queen Olga", a legend of the Greek Navy illuminated after 60 years. Dilapidated huge military installations, large canons like those of Navarone, a submarine base, a large rusty crane from Turin once placed hydroplanes, galleries… Read More