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Article: A NEAR-RUN AFFAIR New Zealanders in the battle for Crete, 1941.(Review)
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- New Zealand International Review
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- March 1, 2001
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A NEAR-RUN AFFAIR New Zealanders in the battle for Crete, 1941 Author: Matthew Wright Published by: Reed, Auckland, 2000, 132pp, $29.95.
Next May we will commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Battle of Crete, perhaps New Zealand's most celebrated effort of the Second World War. On this rocky island New Zealand, British, Australian and Greek soldiers fought with ferocious elan against an airborne invasion on a scale never before attempted. They almost pulled off a sensational victory -- what would have been the first significant setback on land for the Germans in the Second World War.
Part of the fascination of Crete is the fine balance between ...