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24.4.41 [George Orwell]

April 24, 2011 in Black Sea, Crete, Daily Express, Dardanelles, Germany, Greece, Italy, Political, Russia, Turkey, War-time, aeroplanes, armistice, blackmail, hostages by orwelldiaries

No definite news from Greece. All one knows is that a Greek army, or part of a Greek army, or possibly the whole Greek army, has capitulated. No indication as to how many men we have there, what sort of position they are left in, whether it will be possible to hang on, and if so, where etc., etc. Hints thrown out in the Daily Express suggest that we have practically no aeroplanes there. Armistice terms drawn up by the Italians evidently aim at later using Greek prisoners as hostages, with a view to blackmailing the British into giving up Crete and other islands.

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