Nazi Victory: Crete, 1941

New York: Stein and Day, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed. 1972 Hard Cover. 224 pp. Includes 5 maps and 23 photographic plates. When German paratroops dropped on Crete in 1941, it was the first and only time in the history of warfare that an island was conquered from the air. But the Battle of Crete was a far greater triumph for the Nazis than most Americans know: three British cruisers and eight destroyers were sunk. The aircraft carrier Formidable was so badly damaged it was taken out of service. So were five cruisers and seven destroyers. Fully half the battleship strength of the Mediterranean Fleet was crippled. And two thousand sailors of the Royal Navy were killed.--jacket