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The Hill: The Brutal Fight for Hill 107 in the Battle for Crete
With Robert Kershaw
Part of our ongoing New Zealand at War series
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In today's show we discover some of the individuals whose actions determined the outcome of the battle for Hill 107, the key event that decided the campaign to capture the vitally strategic island of Crete in May 1941. All the events are narrated through the filter of these eyewitnesses. The Allied perspective is from the summit of Hill 107. We experience the fear and the adrenalin of a lowly platoon commander, Lieutenant Ed McAra, perilously positioned at the top of the hill, alongside the combat stress and command fatigue of the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Andew. In contrast, the German view is looking up from below as they cling to the slopes while simultaneous dazzled by the morning glare and decimated by defensive fire. We join the regimental doctor, Dr Heinrich Neumann, as he assumes command of one battalion and leads a daring nighttime charge towards the summit. The Hill details what was felt, heard or seen throughout the battle for both attacker and defender.
Our guest today is Robert Kershaw who joined the Parachute Regiment in 1973 and ultimately commanded 10 PARA. He attended the German Staff College, spending a further two years with the Bundeswehr as an infantry, airborne and arctic warfare instructor. He speaks fluent German. On leaving the British Army in 2006 he became a full-time author and a military analyst.
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Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk
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The Hill: The Brutal Fight for Hill 107 in the Battle for Crete
With Robert Kershaw
Part of our ongoing New Zealand at War series
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lBjMZ6B_DyUtdZXZGj6_vKe&si=umxzoDnKwwf1HIul
Also part of our Airborne Forces playlist
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lDIbR79A5ahpamNXG6J0Q_8&si=PZ8GrfiEcP4a5r0z
More Third Reich content on WW2TV
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lCujMWbs-LgTWe18lmGXtOS
In today's show we discover some of the individuals whose actions determined the outcome of the battle for Hill 107, the key event that decided the campaign to capture the vitally strategic island of Crete in May 1941. All the events are narrated through the filter of these eyewitnesses. The Allied perspective is from the summit of Hill 107. We experience the fear and the adrenalin of a lowly platoon commander, Lieutenant Ed McAra, perilously positioned at the top of the hill, alongside the combat stress and command fatigue of the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Andew. In contrast, the German view is looking up from below as they cling to the slopes while simultaneous dazzled by the morning glare and decimated by defensive fire. We join the regimental doctor, Dr Heinrich Neumann, as he assumes command of one battalion and leads a daring nighttime charge towards the summit. The Hill details what was felt, heard or seen throughout the battle for both attacker and defender.
Our guest today is Robert Kershaw who joined the Parachute Regiment in 1973 and ultimately commanded 10 PARA. He attended the German Staff College, spending a further two years with the Bundeswehr as an infantry, airborne and arctic warfare instructor. He speaks fluent German. On leaving the British Army in 2006 he became a full-time author and a military analyst.
robertjkershaw.com
Buy the book:
USA bookshop.org/a/21029/9781472864550
UK uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/9781472864550
Robert's previous WW2TV appearance:
Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk
youtube.com/live/-J83w1W93sI
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