Described as the boldest and most astonishing action of World War II, the kidnapping of German Major General Heinrich Kreipe in April 1944 on the island of Crete involved two British officers from a special unit and Cretan partisans who ambushed the general, captured him, and marched with him for 18 days and nights across the island, constantly at risk of being discovered by the German occupying forces. This book recounts the background, course, and consequences of the little-known operation Kreipe in Germany.