{"product_id":"captain-manolis-petrakis-and-the-white-mountain-resistance","title":"Captain Manolis Petrakis and the White Mountain Resistance – WW2 Crete Ebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrete has fallen. The battle is over. But for Captain Manolis Petrakis, the war is only beginning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrete, May 1941.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe last British destroyers have disappeared towards Egypt. German troops control the towns, ports and roads. Thousands of Allied soldiers have been left behind, and the victorious occupiers believe the island has finally been conquered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey are wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaptain \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManolis Petrakis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a former Greek Army officer, refuses the chance to escape. Crete is his home, and he will not abandon it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstead, he disappears into the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhite Mountains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmong hidden caves, ancient shepherd trails and isolated mountain villages, Petrakis begins building a resistance network from almost nothing. His fighters are an unlikely army—Cretan shepherds and farmers, stranded British and Commonwealth soldiers, teachers, priests and ordinary islanders prepared to risk everything rather than accept occupation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt first, they possess little more than a handful of rifles, local knowledge and determination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the resistance begins to grow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGerman convoys are ambushed. Weapons are hidden in mountain caves. Allied soldiers are smuggled towards secret escape routes. Intelligence reaches Cairo. British SOE agents arrive with radios, explosives and supplies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut every attack carries a terrible price.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVillages burn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHostages are executed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollaborators betray their neighbours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd German intelligence officer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMajor Karl Richter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e becomes determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Greek captain turning the White Mountains into a battlefield.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the occupation grows increasingly brutal, Petrakis and his fighters must wage a war in which survival depends not upon holding territory, but upon striking quickly and disappearing before the enemy can respond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the destruction of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKandanos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the first mountain ambushes to clandestine radio networks, sabotage operations, submarine landings and desperate escapes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaptain Manolis Petrakis and the White Mountain Resistance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sweeping historical military adventure inspired by the extraordinary resistance on Crete during the Second World War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a story of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eguerrilla warfare, courage, sacrifice, betrayal and an island that refused to bow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond World War historical fiction, resistance stories, military adventure, SOE operations, guerrilla warfare and novels inspired by remarkable events from history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Germans conquered Crete. 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