One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermors remarkable life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe the German commander in Crete on 26 April 1944. He and Captain Billy Moss hatched a daring plan to abduct the general while ensuring that no reprisals were taken against the Cretan population. Dressed as German military police they stopped and took control of Kreipes car drove through 22 German checkpoints then succeeded in hiding from the German army before finally being picked up on a beach in the south of the island.
