Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Savige Force and the 1st Armoured Brigade
On 14 April 1941, General Wilson ordered the 1st Armoured Brigade to move to Kalabaka and to join Savige Force. There was concern that the Germans might be close by, but a 4th Hussars patrol found that the Germans were on the other side of the Aliakmon River at this point. On 15 April, General Wilson informed Brigadier Savige that some 3000 Greek troops would be arriving in his area. All they did was to clutter the roads and make life more difficult for the Australians and 1st Armoured Brigade. The British liaison officer, Lt-Colonel Barter informed Brigadier Savige that the Greek commander was politically well-connected and they just couldn't move his troops out of the area. Brigadier Savige bitterly remembered the events that followed. By this time, the Greeks were living in a fantasy world where they considered that they were stubbornly resisting, not disintegrating, which was the reality. This is based on the account in Vol.II of the Australian Official History.
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FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT A MESS IN YOUR INFO, THERE WAS NO 1ST ARMOURED BRIGADE, THERE WAS THE BRITISH 1ST ARMOURED BRIDAGE. SECOND : YOU HAVE TO LEARN WHAT IS FANTASY AND WHAT HEROISM
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON THE WAR IN GREECE
April 25, 1941 [1]
The heroic struggle of the Hellenic people to defend their liberties and their homes against the aggression of Germany after they had so signally defeated the Italian attempt at invasion has stirred the hearts and aroused the sympathy of the whole American people................
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