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Bilingual (Greek-English) edition. Soft cover, 17 cm, 296 pp, ill.; net weight 320 gr. ISBN 978-960-9480-31-4.This book adds to the growing understanding of the commitment and sacrifice Australian troops made in Greece during WW II. The British expeditionary force that landed in Greece in April 1941, consisting largely of Australians and New Zealanders, was overwhelmed by the advancing Germans and evacuated by the Royal Navy. Many of the ANZAC troops were landed on Crete, only to be forced to evacuate to Egypt a month later as the Germans overran the island. Almost 1000 troops were left behind evading capture they preferred a fugitive life in the mountains to a POW camp. Protected and assisted by Cretan shepherds they were evacuated to Egypt and Libya by submarine and small boat over the ensuing months. Much has been written of the heroic deeds and daring escapades of WW II resistance fighters battling German invaders in Europe. Tom J. Dunbabin, Oxford scholar and archaeologist, became an unlikely… Read More