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We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.' March 1941: 40 000 Australian and New Zealand troops are rushed to Greece in a desperate attempt to stop the Wehrmacht overrunning the country. Most of them overseas for the first time in their lives they seek excitement and adventure. What they get are experiences they could never have imagined. The operation is doomed to fail but not before the Aussies and Kiwis succeed in holding up the German advance and evacuating thousands mainly to Crete where Hitler next sets his sights. As the Nazis assault the island they deploy a devastating new weapon of invasionparatroopersfor the very first time meeting desperate resistance as the Allies fight for their lives. Craig Collie critically acclaimed author of The Path of Infinite Sorry and Nagasaki delves into the experiences of the soldiers who fought in the mountains and villages of Greece and faced entrapment and death on Crete. We all know of Gallipoli and the Fall of Singapore but Greece and Crete are also major events in our countries' shared history and as with those two great military disasters British leadership has much to answer for. Through first-hand accounts Where the Flaming Hell Are We? brings to life the gripping story of the fight for Greece and Crete in World War II. The soldiers' experiences many told here for the very first time are a testament to the human spirit and the unbreakable bonds formed in war. Praise for Craig Collie: 'grippingly told' -The Age on On Our Doorstep 'enthralling reading . . . This book is an important contribution to Australia's secret military history' - Australian Defence Force Journal on Code Breakers
Author: Craig Collie
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Paperback
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