Contents

Preface to the 75th anniversary edition

Prologue

1. For King and Country … and the paid adventure

2. The Tracks They Travelled

3. An American Abroad

4. Building a Balkan Front

5. Blocking a Blitzkrieg: the battle of Vevi, 10–13 April 1941

6. At the Feet of Zeus They Fought

7. Disaster Averted: the Battle of Pinios Gorge, 17–18 April 1941

8. Of Rearguards and Treachery

9. An Anzac Dunkirk

10. The Battle of Crete: 20 May–1 June 1941

11. Legacies

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

References

Notes