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3.5.41 [George Orwell]

May 3, 2011 in Australia, British government, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Political, Spender, Turkey, War-time, evacuation, oil wells, scruples by orwelldiaries

The number evacuated from Greece is now estimated at 41-43,000 but it is stated that we had less men there than had been supposed, probably about 55,000. Casualties supposed to be 3,000, and prisoners presumably 7 or 8 thousand, which would tally with the German figures. [1] 8000 vehicles said to have been lost, I suppose vehicles of all kinds. No mention of ships lost, though they must have lost some. Spender, one of the Australian ministers,[2] states publically that “rifles are as useless against tanks as bows and arrows”. That at any rate is a step forward.

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