Ill met by moonlight

Description:

Ill Met By Moonlight is the gripping account of the audacious World War II abduction of a German general from the island of Crete. British special forces officers W. Stanley Moss and Patrick Leigh Fermor, together with a small band of Cretan partisans, kidnapped the general, then evaded numerous German checkpoints and patrols for nearly three weeks as they maneuvered across the mountainous island to a rendezvous with the boat that finally whisked them away to Allied headquarters in Cairo.

subjects: British Personal narratives,  Campaigns,  Underground movements,  World War, 1939-1945,  Personal narratives,  History,  Suffrage,  Women,  Time,  World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, greece,  World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, british,  Crete (greece), history

People: Karl Kreipe,  W. Stanley Moss (1921-)

Places: Crete,  Crete (Greece),  Greece

Times: Occupation, 1941-1945