Ebook {Epub PDF} Cretan Runner: His Story of the German Occupation by George Psychoundakis

First published in , this translation by Patrick Leigh Fermor, tells the account of the Resistance in Crete, from the German invasion to the liberation by one of its most active participants. Psychoundakis was an intermediary between the various groups of British on the island despite great personal danger/5(2). George Psychoundakis (Greek: Γεώργιος Ψυχουντάκης) was a shepherd and a Greek Resistance fighter on Crete during the Second World War. He served as dispatch runner between Petro Petrakas and Papadakis behind the German lines for the Cretan resistance and later, from to , for the Special Operations Executive (SOE)/5(). George Psychoundakis (–) was born and raised in the remote Cretan village of Asi Gonia, where he received a rudimentary education. When the German army invaded in , he left his work as a shepherd and joined the Resistance/5(36).

The Cretan Runner.: George Psychoundakis was a twenty-one-year-old shepherd from the village of Asi Gonia when the battle of Crete began: "It was in May that, all of a sudden, high in the sky, we heard the drone of many aeroplanes growing steadily closer." The German parachutists soon outnumbered the British troops who were forced first. www.doorway.ru: The Cretan Runner: His Story of the German Occupation (Penguin World War II Collection) () by Pschoundakis, George and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. George Psychoundakis was a twenty-one-year-old shepherd from the village of Asi Gonia when the battle of Crete began: "It was in May that, all of a sudden, high in the sky, we heard the drone of many aeroplanes growing steadily closer." The Cretan Runner ebook mid; His story of the German Occupation By George Psychoundakis. Read a.

George Psychoundakis (–) was born and raised in the remote Cretan village of Asi Gonia, where he received a rudimentary education. When the German army invaded in , he left his work as a shepherd and joined the Resistance. He would eventually run messages for the British Special Operations Executive, and was noted for his speed and intimacy with the landscape. The Cretan Runner, His Story of the German Occupation Hardcover – January 1, by George Psychoundakis (Author), Patrick Leigh Fermor (Introduction) out of 5 stars 59 ratings. George Psychoundakis (–) was born and raised in the remote Cretan village of Asi Gonia, where he received a rudimentary education. When the German army invaded in , he left his work as a shepherd and joined the Resistance.