TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fermor,Patrick Leigh
TI  - Abducting a General: the Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete 
SN  - 1444796585 (hbk.)
AV  - D766.7.C7 
U1  - 940.54214959 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - John Murray
KW  - Fermor, Patrick Leigh
KW  - Kreipe, Karl
KW  - Moss, W. Stanley
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Special Operations Executive
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Greece
KW  - Crete
KW  - Secret service
KW  - Underground movements
KW  - Warfare and Defence
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N2  - One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's remarkable life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on 26 April 1944. He and Captain Billy Moss hatched a daring plan to abduct the general, while ensuring that no reprisals were taken against the Cretan population. Dressed as German military police, they stopped and took control of Kreipe's car, drove through 22 German checkpoints, then succeeded in hiding from the German army before finally being picked up on a beach in the south of the island
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