Crete was my Waterloo : a true eyewitness account of the sinking of the Lancastria, the Battle of Crete and P.O.W. experiences, 1940-45 / Neville Chesterton.

Large print ed.

Oxford : ISIS, 2006.

160 p. : ill., port.

Originally published: London: Janus, 1995.

Called up in January 1940 into the Royal Engineers, Neville Chesterton's first experiences of war were to witness the horrendous sinking of the Lancastria and the evacuation of St. Nazaire. He was taken prisoner by the Germans during the battle for Crete. Here he recounts his story.

9780753193839 (pbk)

940.548141

English

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