I.M.G. Stewart
Auteur van The Struggle for Crete, 20 May - 1 June 1941: A Story of Lost Opportunity (Oxford Paperbacks)
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The Germans were lying dead by the hundreds and those who were still alive were vastly outnumber by Allied troops. Here was a chance to destroy the German forces before they could be reinforced but the Allied leadership hesitated because they were expecting a sea borne landing and did not realize how badly they had mauled the enemy. The Luftwaffe did dominate the sky and this really affected the Allied leadership's reactions. In hind sight, a quick and immediate counter attack would have thrown the German forces into the sea and kept Crete out of German hands. This would have been Hitler's first defeat and would have affected the attack on Russia and may have changed the whole outcome of the war.
This mammoth volume examines in great detail the entire episode from both sides and is written by a man who was there serving in a British unit. Maps and poor quality photos included.… (meer)