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The Hill

The Hill

The Brutal Fight for Hill 107 in the Battle of Crete

by Robert Kershaw
Hardback
Publication Date: 07/05/2024

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The aircraft streamed across the skies from mainland Greece seeking the turquoise waters of the Aegean. Their destination: Crete. The objective: to seize this strategically vital island entirely from the air. Nobody in history had ever successfully conquered a strategic objective from the air alone. Remarkably, it has never been done since. What followed was a nine-day campaign to seize the island, but at the heart of the battle was the three-day struggle for the high ground, Hill 107, its ragged crest casting a shadow over the crucial airfield, possession of which would determine whether reinforcements could be flown in. Without these the German paratroopers, their numbers already decimated by ferocious defensive fire, would not be able to hold out. Drawing upon many original post-combat reports and letters and diaries with personal accounts from both sides, the three-day battle for Hill 107 is vividly brought to life.
ISBN:
9781472864550
9781472864550
Category:
European history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
07-05-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
241.05x157.48x32.26mm
Weight:
0.58kg
Robert Kershaw

A graduate of Reading University, Robert Kershaw joined the Parachute Regiment in 1973. He served numerous regimental appointments until selected to command the 10th Battalion the Parachute Regiment (10 PARA). He attended the German Staff College spending a further two years with the Bundeswehr as an infantry, airborne and arctic warfare instructor.

He speaks fluent German and has extensive experience with NATO, multinational operations and all aspects of operations and training. His active service includes several tours in Northern Ireland, the First Gulf War and Bosnia. He has exercised in many parts of the world and served in the Middle East and Africa. His final army appointment was with the Intelligence Division at HQ NATO in Brussels Belgium.

On leaving the British Army in 2006 he became a full-time author of military history as well as a consultant military analyst. He has recorded for BBC radio and interviewed on numerous TV documentaries including Dutch TV and National Geographic, and published frequent magazine and newspaper articles including The Times, The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph. Two of his books have been serialized in the Daily Mail and Daily Express. He lives in Salisbury, England.

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