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The Guns Of Navarone Sparknotes
The Guns of Navarone begins with the introduction of the main character of the book: Captain Keith Mallory. Captain Jensen assigns him the mission of eliminating the guns on the island of Navarone in order to rescue the twelve hundred British soldiers on the island of Kheros. After Mallory is introduced to his crew, they depart for the Navy base of Castelrosso. While discussing their plan of action for Navarone, they detain Nicolai, the laundry boy for Captain Briggs, for spying on their meeting. They eventually release Nicolai and continue on their mission to Navarone. While traveling to Navarone the engine in their vessel becomes damaged causing them to slow down. When dealing with this issue they encounter a German patrol ship, which they proceed to sink in order to avoid the …show more content…
Continuing on their mission they reached Navarone; however, the severe weather led them to climbing the cliffside hastily. Once Mallory and Andrea reach the top of the cliff they face a young German guard, whom Andrea kills to avoid trouble. Unfortunately a German patrol arrives searching for their missing soldier. While hiding from the patrol,

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Lieutenant Andy Stevens falls from the cliffside, requiring Andrea and Mallory to rescue him. After rescuing Stevens, Mallory and his men spend the night within a cave in the cliffside. As the squadron wakes up, Andrea notices a group of German Alpine corps searching for them. He shoots some of these soldiers and leads them away from the group. While searching for supplies, Mallory and Corporal Dusty Miller observe a hut within the snow. Inside the hut they find two men by the names of Panayis and Louki, whom they were told to find by Mr. Eugene Vlachos when they were briefed for the mission. After, Miller and Panayis went to obtain more supplies for the group while Louki and Mallory went back to the cave. In the middle of the night German

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