The Price of Surrender1941: The War in Crete
by Walker, Ernest
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0713722967
- ISBN 13
- 9780713722963
- Seller
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Blandford, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. London: Blandford, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. Fair/Good. The author was a leading member of a group of RAF servicemen taken prisoner by German paratroops on Crete in 1941. His vivid account tells how he and the others were wrongfully accused of killing wounded German soldiers, and how they escaped execution themselves. There follows a tale of grim survival in the gruelling months after the island's capture. Contains 272 pages, 24 x 15.5cm, and 1 map. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Blue cloth boards in good illustrated dust jacket. Internally, fair: shows the occasional light stain, but generally clean, bright and unmarked in sound bindings.
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- Seller
- William Robertson (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 01783
- Title
- The Price of Surrender1941: The War in Crete
- Author
- Walker, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0713722967
- ISBN 13
- 9780713722963
- Publisher
- Blandford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Military History WWII Crete 1941 British Army War German Army Paratroops Parachutists Fallschirmjaeger
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY/MIlitary History; HISTORY / Military / World War II;
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