NAVAL BATTLE OF CRETE 1941, THE ROYAL NAVY AT BREAKING POINT is a new book from OSPREY PUBLISHING LTD. This recounts surface actions and air attacks that lead the commanding British admiral to rebuff calls to retreat, stating, ‘It takes the Navy three years to build a ship. It will take three hundred years to build a new tradition. The evacuation will continue.’
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