Operation Mercury, the German airborne assault on the island of Crete in May 1941, was the first strategic use of airborne forces in history. The assault began on 20 May, with landings near the island's key airports, and reinforcements the next day allowed the German forces to c…
En beskrivelse af de tyske luftbårne styrker, der var en vigtig del af de tyske styrker, som i 1940-1941 under "Blitzkrigen" nedkæmpede modstandere i Europa. Bogen beskriver troppernes organisationen, uddannelse og træning, taktik, operationer, samt materiel og udrustning.
A persistent tradition existed in antiquity linking Caria with the island of Crete. This central theme of regional history is mirrored in the civic mythologies, cults and toponyms of southwestern Anatolia. This book explains why by approaching this diverse body of material with …