<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>ejsss</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES</JournalTitle> <PISSN/> <EISSN/> <Volume-Issue>Volume 2, Issue 1</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>April-May 2021</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>2021</Year> <Month>05</Month> <Day>2</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>History</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>Winston Churchill and the Battle of Crete (1941)</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>78</FirstPage> <LastPage>90</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Emmanouil</FirstName> <LastName>Peponas</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI>10.47362/EJSSS.2021.2112</DOI> <Abstract>The defending of Crete by the Commonwealth troops was one of the most crucial moments of World War II. On this island, in 1941, Australians, New Zealanders, Greeks, and British soldiers faced the elite Hitler__ampersandsign#39;s paratroopers. The result of the conflict determined by Churchill__ampersandsign#39;s decisions, as well as the tactical mistakes of the commander of the 2nd New Zealand Division, General Bernard Freyberg. This paper aims to illuminate unknown aspects of the British Prime Minister__ampersandsign#39;s actions and present his experiences during the battle.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Crete,Churchill,World War II,Greek history</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://www.ejsss.net.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=9709&title=Winston Churchill and the Battle of Crete (1941)</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References>Addison, Tom (1980). “The Political Beliefs of Winston Churchill”, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 30, pp. 23-47. Barber, Laurie; Tonkin-Covell, John (1990). Freyberg: Churchilland;#39;s Salamander. London: Hutchinson Beevor, Antony (2005). The Second World War, London: John Murray Publishers Ltd. [epub version] Bishop, Patrick (2010). 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