Abducting a General : the Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete
Fermor, Patrick Leigh2014
Book
One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's remarkable life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on 26 April 1944. He and Captain Billy Moss hatched a daring plan to abduct the general, while ensuring that no reprisals were taken against the Cretan population. Dressed as German military police, they stopped and took control of Kreipe's car, drove through twenty-two German checkpoints, then succeeded in hiding from the German army before finally being picked up on a beach in the south of the island and transported to safety in Egypt on 14 May. Abducting a General is Leigh Fermor's own account of the kidnap, published for the first time. Written in his inimitable prose, and introduced by acclaimed Special Operations Executive historian Roderick Bailey, it is a glorious first-hand account of one of the great adventures of the Second World War. Also included in this book are Leigh Fermor's intelligence reports, sent from caves deep within Crete yet still retaining his remarkable prose skills, which bring the immediacy of SOE operations vividly alive, as well as the peril which the SOE and Resistance were operating under; and a guide to the journey that Kreipe was taken on, as seen in the 1957 film Ill Met by Moonlight starring Dirk Bogarde, from the abandonment of his car to the embarkation site so that the modern visitor can relive this extraordinary event.
Main title:
Abducting a General : the Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete / Patrick Leigh Fermor.
Author:
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2014.London : John Murray, 2014.©2014
Collation:
ix, 206 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Shelving notes:
34702 1 20-11-2014 0 nyctro 20-11-2014 7
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Abducting a General -- War Reports, Crete 1942--1945 -- Introduction -- Glossary of Pseudonyms -- Report No. 1 -- Report No. 2 -- Report No. 3 -- Report No. 4 -- Report No. 5 -- Report No. 6 -- Report No. 7 -- Report No. 8 -- Report No. 9 -- A Guide to the Abduction Route.
ISBN:
9781444796582 (hardback)9781444799880 (paperback)
Dewey class:
940.542149940.5421
LC class:
D766.7.C7
Language:
English
Subject:
Fermor, Patrick LeighMoss, W. Stanley (William Stanley), 1921-Kreipe, Karl -- KidnappingFermor, Patrick Leigh -- Career in Special OperationsMoss, W. Stanley (William Stanley), 1921- -- Career in Special OperationsGreat Britain. Special Operations ExecutiveWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Greece -- CreteWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Crete
BRN:
21465
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -History | HISTORY 940.5421 FERM | Available |