{"product_id":"war-in-the-aegean-peter-c-smith-9780811735193","title":"War in the Aegean: The Campaign for the Eastern Mediterranean in World War II","description":"First complete retelling of an important but little-known campaignEyewitness accounts from a colorful cast of German SS troops, British commandos, partisans, spies, Greek pirates, and moreBoth Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler wanted the Aegean Sea in 1943. The British prime minister saw an opportunity to force neutral Turkey into the Allied camp and tie up German forces as the war in Europe gained speed, while the Nazi leader wanted to keep Turkey neutral and maintain Germany's foothold in the Mediterranean and Greece. The conflict came to a head with British naval and amphibious assaults, primarily on the islands of Cos and Leros, and culminated in a German victory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter C. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811735192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811735193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stackpole Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.06w x 0.79d","brand":"Peter C. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926348660991,"sku":"9780811735193","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e929ef2a-7500-48d6-9330-698f4e67317a.jpg?v=1681082576","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-in-the-aegean-peter-c-smith-9780811735193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}