Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation in Crete

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One of the vital daring feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s daring life used to be the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on April 26, 1944.

Abducting a General, now published for the first time in america, is Leigh Fermor’s own account of the kidnapping. Written in his inimitable prose, and introduced by the acclaimed Special Operations Executive historian Roderick Bailey, this is a glorious firsthand account of one of the crucial great adventures of the Second World War. Also included in this book are Leigh Fermor’s intelligence reports sent from caves deep within Crete, which bring the immediacy of SOE operations vividly alive, in addition to the peril under which the SOE and Resistance were operating, and a guide to the journey that Kreipe took, from the abandonment of his car to the embarkation site, in order that the up to date visitor to Crete can relive this peculiar travel.

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