Men Who Stole a General

A Novel Based on a True StoryOne German general. Two British officers. An entire island determined to defy the Nazis.Crete, April 1944. The island is under German occupation. Villages live in fear, resistance fighters hide in the mountains, and the occupying forces believe they control every road.They are about to discover how wrong they are.British Special Operations Executive officers Patrick Leigh Fermor and William Stanley Moss have an audacious plan: kidnap a German general from beneath the noses of his own army.Their target is Major General Heinrich Kreipe.Disguised as German military policemen, the British officers and their Cretan allies ambush the general's staff car on a lonely road. Within minutes, Kreipe is their prisoner.But stealing a general is only the beginning.With German patrols closing in, aircraft searching overhead, and thousands of enemy soldiers between them and freedom, the kidnappers must escort their captive across the mountains of Crete towards a secret rendezvous with the Royal Navy.Every village offers shelter—or betrayal. Every mountain path could lead to escape—or death. And as the Germans tighten their grip, the Cretan resistance must risk everything to keep the extraordinary operation alive.Inspired by one of the most daring special operations of the Second World War, The Men Who Stole a General is a gripping historical military adventure filled with courage, danger, betrayal, and the unbreakable spirit of resistance.They had a plan to steal a general. Getting him off the island would take a miracle.Based on real events, with fictionalised dialogue, characters and incidents.