The Resource Battle on 42nd Street : war in Crete and the Anzacs' bloody last stand, Peter Monteath
Battle on 42nd Street : war in Crete and the Anzacs' bloody last stand, Peter Monteath
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- Summary
- At what point does the will to survive on the battlefield give way to bloodlust? The battle for Crete was at once the most modern and the most ancient of wars. For a week Australian and New Zealand forces were relentlessly hammered from the skies by the Luftwaffe and pursued across Crete by some of the most accomplished and best equipped forces Hitler could muster. On the morning of 27 May 1941, however, all that was about to change. When a unit of German mountain troops approached the Allies' defensive line - known as 42nd Street - men from the Australian 2/7th and 2/8th Battalions and New Zealanders from several battalions counter-attacked with fixed bayonets. By the end, German bodies were strewn across the battlefield. Acclaimed historian Peter Monteath draws on recollections and records of Australian, New Zealand, British and German soldiers and local Cretans to reveal the truth behind one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Prologue
- 1 The bayonet: A short, sharp history
- 2 Ordinary men
- 3 Anzacs in Greece
- 4 Operation Merkur
- 5 Assembling Creforce
- 6 The fight for Maleme
- 7 Counter-attack at Maleme
- 8 The struggle for Galatas
- 9 Battle on 42nd Street
- 10 Charge!
- 11 In cold blood
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Photo sources
- Notes
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781742236032
- Label
- Battle on 42nd Street : war in Crete and the Anzacs' bloody last stand
- Title
- Battle on 42nd Street
- Title remainder
- war in Crete and the Anzacs' bloody last stand
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Monteath
- Title variation
- Battle on Forty-Second Street
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At what point does the will to survive on the battlefield give way to bloodlust? The battle for Crete was at once the most modern and the most ancient of wars. For a week Australian and New Zealand forces were relentlessly hammered from the skies by the Luftwaffe and pursued across Crete by some of the most accomplished and best equipped forces Hitler could muster. On the morning of 27 May 1941, however, all that was about to change. When a unit of German mountain troops approached the Allies' defensive line - known as 42nd Street - men from the Australian 2/7th and 2/8th Battalions and New Zealanders from several battalions counter-attacked with fixed bayonets. By the end, German bodies were strewn across the battlefield. Acclaimed historian Peter Monteath draws on recollections and records of Australian, New Zealand, British and German soldiers and local Cretans to reveal the truth behind one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Monteath, Peter
- Dewey number
- 940.5412
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- Crete (Greece)
- Label
- Battle on 42nd Street : war in Crete and the Anzacs' bloody last stand, Peter Monteath
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- Contents
- Prologue -- 1 The bayonet: A short, sharp history -- 2 Ordinary men -- 3 Anzacs in Greece -- 4 Operation Merkur -- 5 Assembling Creforce -- 6 The fight for Maleme -- 7 Counter-attack at Maleme -- 8 The struggle for Galatas -- 9 Battle on 42nd Street -- 10 Charge! -- 11 In cold blood -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Photo sources -- Notes -- Index
- Control code
- 000066176439
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781742236032
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101620115
- Label
- Battle on 42nd Street : war in Crete and the Anzacs' bloody last stand, Peter Monteath
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- 1 The bayonet: A short, sharp history -- 2 Ordinary men -- 3 Anzacs in Greece -- 4 Operation Merkur -- 5 Assembling Creforce -- 6 The fight for Maleme -- 7 Counter-attack at Maleme -- 8 The struggle for Galatas -- 9 Battle on 42nd Street -- 10 Charge! -- 11 In cold blood -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Photo sources -- Notes -- Index
- Control code
- 000066176439
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781742236032
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101620115
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