Episode 60 – Antony Beevor’s “Crete 1941: The Battle and the Resistance”. Additional readings and recommended resources.

Link to “Battle of Crete 1941 - World War II DOCUMENTARY”.  This 24-minute video gives a good overview of the battle using a map of the island.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fi7JyAlMs

Link to Iskander Rehman’s “Britain’s Strange Defeat: The 1941 Fall of Crete and Its Lessons for Taiwan”.  https://warontherocks.com/2024/05/britains-strange-defeat-the-1941-fall-of-crete-and-its-lessons-for-taiwan/

Link to LTC Kenneth J. Fox’s “The Battle for Crete (Operation Mercury): An Operational Analysis”. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA392873.pdf