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Book Synopsis Air War for Yugoslavia Greece and Crete 1940-41 by : Christopher Shores
Download or read book Air War for Yugoslavia Greece and Crete 1940-41 written by Christopher Shores and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08-21 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The air battle for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war. In the past, there has been much controversy amongst air historians on many of the details of the operations. It was here, for example, that "Pat" Pattie believed by many to be the Royal Air Force's "unknown" top-scoring fighter pilot of the whole war, saw most of his action. Just how many kills did he achieve and how? Taken from extensive research into available British, Italian and German records, and interviews and correspondence with survivors or relatives of those present, this book seeks to provide an accurate portrait of the air war for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete from 1940-41.
Book Synopsis The Balkans 1940-41 by : Pier-Paolo Battistelli
Download or read book The Balkans 1940-41 written by Pier-Paolo Battistelli and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Balkans 1940–41 (2) by : Pier Paolo Battistelli
Download or read book The Balkans 1940–41 (2) written by Pier Paolo Battistelli and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wehrmacht's last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack the Soviet Union in a matter of weeks. Although the plans for the conquest of Yugoslavia were developed in haste, the campaign was extremely successful: in a short space of time, both Yugoslavia and Greece had fallen, accompanied by the capture of large numbers of British, Australian and New Zealand troops. The 1941 Balkan campaign was an apparently brilliant military accomplishment that demonstrated once again the superiority of the Wehrmacht, and its cutting-edge campaigning skills. This superbly detailed work details the opposing forces that took part in this campaign, documents their weapons and analyzes the effectiveness of their tactics. It explores the initial Axis campaign against Yugoslavia, the breakthrough of the Metaxas Line and advance into Macedonia and the withdrawal of Allied troops south. Detailed battlescenes depict key moments in the land, sea and air battles that took place in the Balkans, vividly bringing to life events of almost 80 years ago.
Book Synopsis The German Campaigns in the Balkans (spring, 1941). by :
Download or read book The German Campaigns in the Balkans (spring, 1941). written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Yugoslavia and Greece 1940–41 by : Pier Paolo Battistelli
Download or read book Yugoslavia and Greece 1940–41 written by Pier Paolo Battistelli and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-26 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new illustrated history of the German and Italian air campaigns in the invasions of Greece and Yugoslavia, the last full-scale Axis air offensives before Operation Barbarossa. The Greece campaign was launched by Italy in October 1940, the first large-scale campaign of the Italian Air Force outside North Africa, and its last major solo effort. With the German involvement in April 1941, and with the invasion of Yugoslavia, the Balkans saw the last large-scale Axis air campaign in Europe before the invasion of the USSR. It was also the campaign that saw expeditionary units of the RAF fighting alongside the Greeks – most famously, the handful of Hurricanes that fought to the end from makeshift olive-grove airfields, among them the Hurricane ace and future novelist Roald Dahl. In this book, renowned historian Pier Paolo Battistelli and air power expert Basilio di Martino explain how this unique campaign was fought. They highlight elements such as the Italians' development of air-to-ground support while carrying out, for the first and only time, an airborne operation, and how the Germans refined their tactics from the 1940 campaign in the West, while now also playing a major anti-shipping role. Illustrated throughout with rare photos, superb original paintings, maps and 3D diagrams, this is an expert account of the air war over the eastern Mediterranean.
Book Synopsis The Balkans 1940–41 (2) by : Pier Paolo Battistelli
Download or read book The Balkans 1940–41 (2) written by Pier Paolo Battistelli and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wehrmacht's last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack the Soviet Union in a matter of weeks. Although the plans for the conquest of Yugoslavia were developed in haste, the campaign was extremely successful: in a short space of time, both Yugoslavia and Greece had fallen, accompanied by the capture of large numbers of British, Australian and New Zealand troops. The 1941 Balkan campaign was an apparently brilliant military accomplishment that demonstrated once again the superiority of the Wehrmacht, and its cutting-edge campaigning skills. This superbly detailed work details the opposing forces that took part in this campaign, documents their weapons and analyzes the effectiveness of their tactics. It explores the initial Axis campaign against Yugoslavia, the breakthrough of the Metaxas Line and advance into Macedonia and the withdrawal of Allied troops south. Detailed battlescenes depict key moments in the land, sea and air battles that took place in the Balkans, vividly bringing to life events of almost 80 years ago.
Book Synopsis The Balkans 1940–41 (1) by : Pier Paolo Battistelli
Download or read book The Balkans 1940–41 (1) written by Pier Paolo Battistelli and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of two volumes on the Axis campaigns in the Balkans, exploring Mussolini's fateful decision to move against Greece in October 1940. The Greek President Metaxas rejected the Italian ultimatum with a famous 'Oxi' ('No'), and what followed was Italy's first debacle in World War II. In the wake of Italy's rapid annexation of Albania in April 1940, Mussolini's decision to attack Greece in October that year is widely acknowledged as a fatal mistake, leading to a domestic crisis and to the collapse of Italy's reputation as a military power (re-emphasized by the Italian defeat in North Africa in December 1940). The Italian assault on Greece came to a stalemate in less than a fortnight, and was followed a week later by a Greek counter-offensive that broke through the Italian defences before advancing into Albania, forcing the Italian forces to withdraw north before grinding to a half in January 1941 due to logistical issues. Eventually, the Italians took advantage of this brief hiatus to reorganize and prepare a counteroffensive, the failure of which marked the end of the first stage of the Axis Balkan campaign. The first of two volumes examining the Axis campaigns in the Balkans, this book offers a detailed overview of the Italian and Greek armies, their fighting power, and the terrain in which they fought. Complimented by rarely seen images and full colour illustrations, it shows how expectations of an easy Italian victory quickly turned into one of Mussolini's greatest blunders.
Book Synopsis German Antiguerrilla Operations in the Balkans (1941-1944). by : Robert M. Kennedy
Download or read book German Antiguerrilla Operations in the Balkans (1941-1944). written by Robert M. Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Greece and Yugoslavia in Hitler's strategy, 1940-1941 by : Martin Van Creveld
Download or read book Greece and Yugoslavia in Hitler's strategy, 1940-1941 written by Martin Van Creveld and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ethnic Germans and National Socialism in Yugoslavia in World War II by : Mirna Zakić
Download or read book Ethnic Germans and National Socialism in Yugoslavia in World War II written by Mirna Zakić and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the German minority in the Serbian Banat during World War II, its self-perception and its collaboration with the Nazis.
Book Synopsis The Battle of Greece, 1940-1941 by : Alexandros Papagos
Download or read book The Battle of Greece, 1940-1941 written by Alexandros Papagos and published by Athens : Scazikis "Alpha" Editions. This book was released on 1949 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Defence and Fall of Greece, 1940–41 by : John Carr
Download or read book The Defence and Fall of Greece, 1940–41 written by John Carr and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This military history of the WWII Battle of Greece presents a vivid and detailed account with special focus on the Greek forces defending their homeland. On October 28th, 1940, the Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas refused to accept an ultimatum from Italy’s Fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Immediately upon his refusal, Italian forces began the invasion of Greece via Albania. This aggression was prompted by Mussolini's desire for a quick victory to rival Hitler's rapid conquest of France and the Low Countries. But Mussolini had underestimated the skill and determination of the defenders. Within weeks, the Italian invaders were driven back over the border and Greek forces actually advanced deep into Albania. Eventually, Hitler was forced to intervene, sending German forces into Greece via Bulgaria on April 6th. The Greeks, assisted by British forces, were overwhelmed by the Germans and their blitzkrieg tactics. After Athens fell on April 27th, the British evacuated to Crete. But the following month, German airborn troops invaded and eventually took the strategically vital island. John Carr's masterful account of these desperate campaigns draws heavily on Greek sources to emphasize the oft-neglected experience of Greeks soldiers and their contribution to the fight against fascism.
Book Synopsis War in the Balkans by : Jeffrey Plowman
Download or read book War in the Balkans written by Jeffrey Plowman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This WWII pictorial history presents a vivid look at the Balkan campaign from Italy’s invasion of Greece to the Nazi airborne assault on Crete. Through rare wartime photographs, War in the Balkans traces the course of the entire Balkan campaign. Beginning with Mussolini’s first act of aggression, the narrative continues through Albania, the invasions of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria by German forces, and on to the battle for Greece and the final airborne assault on Crete. Historian Jeffrey Plowman gives equal weight to every stage of the campaign and covers all the forces involved: the Italians, Germans, Greeks, and British Commonwealth troops. By shifting the focus to the mainland—rather than the culminating Battle of Crete—Plowman views the campaign as a whole, offering a balanced portrayal of a conflict that is often overlooked in histories of the Second World War. Most of the photographs included here have never been published before, and many come from private sources. They are a unique visual record of the military vehicles, tanks, aircraft, artillery and other equipment used by the opposing armies. They also show the conditions the soldiers faced, and the landscape of the Balkans over which they fought.
Book Synopsis The Italian Army in the Balkans 1940-41 by : Massimiliano Afiero
Download or read book The Italian Army in the Balkans 1940-41 written by Massimiliano Afiero and published by . This book was released on 2024-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the Italian military campaign in the Balkans, between October 1940 and spring 1941, starting first with the invasion of Greece in 1940, with the Italian offensive and the subsequent Greek counter-offensive, with the consequent folding of the forces Italian in Albania. Then in the spring of 1941, thanks also to the intervention of the German forces on the Balkan front, the offensive was resumed, with the Italian forces that also invaded Yugoslavia.
Book Synopsis Hitler's Strategy 1940-1941 by : Martin Van Creveld
Download or read book Hitler's Strategy 1940-1941 written by Martin Van Creveld and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1973-11-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr van Crevland provides provocative answers to some questions surrounding Hitler's Strategy.
Book Synopsis Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece 1941 by : Robert Saint John
Download or read book Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece 1941 written by Robert Saint John and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Greece, 1940-1941 by : Charles Greig Cruickshank
Download or read book Greece, 1940-1941 written by Charles Greig Cruickshank and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume looks at the role Greece played in the war during the years 1940-1941. Based primarily on original material, the text examines the efforts of Britain and Germany to win the support of the Balkan countries. Also studied are Hitler's campaign to preserve peace in the Balkans and Mussolini's blunder in attacking Greece in 1940"--Publisher.
