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Churchill's folly: the battles for Kos and Leros

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The Dodecanese islands were occupied by Italians from 1912 but this changed with the Italian armistice in September 1943.

With the downfall of Mussolini, Churchill seized the opportunity to open a new front in the eastern Mediterranean.

It was a proposal fraught with difficulties, and ultimately, one that was doomed to failure.

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Product Details
The History Press
075096958X / 9780750969581
eBook (EPUB)
02/02/2017
England
English
288 pages
Copy: 20%; print: 20%
Reprint. Description based on CIP data; item not viewed. Originally published: London: Cassell, 2003.