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Any good book recommendations while waiting for the game? Something that goes little more in-depth information about the campaign than:"Italians started the war and germans had to come help".

This might have come a little late. I would appreciate if those who have made the scenarios would list(need not to be listed here) the sources what they have used as reference material. Atleast OOB and TO&E sources would be interesting. Oh, and designer's notes for scenarios would be a nice touch.[&o]

Now if there already is this information somewhere, all the better. Or if you don't have the resources right now let it be. But in the next game there better be.[;)] I'm just wanting to rise consciusness about proper scientific methods and promote historical wargames as tools of learning history.[:)]

ORIGINAL: lagen
Any good book recommendations while waiting for the game? Something that goes little more in-depth information about the campaign than:"Italians started the war and germans had to come help".

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Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

Crete by Anthony Beaver

ORIGINAL: wodin

Crete by Anthony Beaver

I found one called Crete: The Battle and the Resistance by Antony Beevor. Is that the right one?

Incidentally, it looks like Alan Clark wrote one called The Fall of Crete. I haven't read it, but Clark is an excellent author.

Cheers

Paul

I have these books on the battle of Crete in my collection and would recommend them all:

Touch and Go, The Battle of Crete: National Army Museum Publication.
The Battle of Crete: George I. Panayiotakis, Text in Greek, English and German.
The Struggle for Crete: I. McD. G. Stewart.
The Fall of Crete: Alan Clark.
Crete 1941 Eyewitnessed: C. Hadjipateras and M Fafalios.
Crete, The Battle and the Resistance: Anthony Beevor.
Documents From The Battle and Resistance of Crete 1941-1945: George I Panagoitakis.


Hope this helps.

Gary

Try the Australian & New Zealand Official Histories, both available online

http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/volume.asp?conflict=2 GREECE, CRETE & SYRIA

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/NewZ ... index.html CRETE, also look at the Battalion histories for a closer view of the events.