Escape from Crete

Charles Jager has written an engaging account of his time on Crete after the fall to Nazi Germany in 1941.

Jager lead the life of an escapado who was captured not once but twice. His second capture was interesting. Charles and his mate Ben Travers were having disagreements over Charles swagger. He was obviously not Cretan and the Cretan's who were very sympathetic towards ANZACS would let him know. Ben understood that but Charles? No! While marching like still in the military once too often Ben had had enough and moved to the other side of the road among the safety of the olive trees. Charles gets narky stands his ground and then proceeded to get captured when a Greek quisling gets a German Kubelwagon he is with to stop and check his funny walk. “I am a prize chump” writes Charles.

Written at the request of his family so that his grandchildren would know of his wartime adventures this is a worthy read for anyone interested in the stories of the escaped POW and a really good addition to those that have an interest in the Cretan campaign of WW2.